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 Chauncey (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 Chauncey. 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 southwest 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 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.
Chauncey is located in Athens 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 Athens County: Hocking, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton, Washington & Wood (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Chauncey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chauncey:
- Athens County (The home county of Chauncey)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chauncey, with the one closest to Chauncey listed first.
- Liars Corner ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Liars Corner is located in Athens County
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- Mount Nebo ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Nebo is located in Athens County
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- The Plains
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Truetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Truetown is located in Athens County
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- Armitage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Armitage is located in Athens County
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- Greens Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
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- Jacksonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Bessemer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
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- Buchtel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Athens
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Trimble
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nelsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chauncey, with the one closest to Chauncey listed first.
- Sugar Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rushville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Rushville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Gallia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chauncey, with the one closest to Chauncey listed first.
- Kyger
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kyger is located in Gallia County
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- Alice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alice is located in Gallia County
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- Ewington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ewington is located in Gallia County
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- Carlton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Carlton is located in Gallia County
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- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chauncey, with the one closest to Chauncey listed first.
- Orbiston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Orbiston is located in Hocking County
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- Murray City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Candy Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
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- Jobs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
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- New Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
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- New Pittsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
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- Carbon Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
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- Sand Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
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- Sand Run Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Union Furnace
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
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- Logan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Jackson County
- Wellston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chauncey, with the one closest to Chauncey listed first.
- Point Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Point Rock is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
- Tuppers Plains
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dexter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dexter is located in Meigs County
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- Lima
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lima is located in Meigs County
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- Langsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Langsville is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langsville
- Rutland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Thomas Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Thomas Village is located in Meigs County
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- Keno
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Keno is located in Meigs County
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- Pomeroy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Welshtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Welshtown is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshtown
- Middleport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bashan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bashan is located in Meigs County
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- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chauncey, with the one closest to Chauncey listed first.
- Wrightstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wrightstown is located in Morgan County
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- Joy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Joy is located in Morgan County
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- Elliott Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Chesterhill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Westland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
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- Todds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
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- Morganville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Stockport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Malta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deavertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- McConnelsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Neelysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chauncey, with the one closest to Chauncey listed first.
- Cannelville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
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- Blue Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chauncey, with the one closest to Chauncey listed first.
- Drakes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Drakes is located in Perry County
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- Hemlock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hemlock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Ludington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ludington is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
- New Straitsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Congo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Congo is located in Perry County
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- Corning
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Shawnee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rendville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
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- San Toy ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- San Toy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Toy
- San Toy has also been known as:
- Santoy
- New Lexington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rehoboth
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
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- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chauncey, with the one closest to Chauncey listed first.
- Hope ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
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- Moonville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
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- Ural ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
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- Zaleski
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vales Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Vales Mills is located in Vinton County
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- Arbaugh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Arbaugh is located in Vinton County
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- McArthur
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oreton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oreton is located in Vinton County
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- Stella
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
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- Dundas
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dundas is located in Vinton County
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- Wilkesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkesville is located in Vinton County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Hamden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chauncey, with the one closest to Chauncey listed first.
- Decaturville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Decaturville is located in Washington County
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- Fillmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fillmore is located in Washington County
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- Wolf Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wolf Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Napier
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Napier is located in Washington County
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- Luke Chute
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
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- Barlow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Barlow is located in Washington County
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- Redbush
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Redbush is located in Washington County
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- Vincent
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Vincent is located in Washington County
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- Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Corner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner
- Porterfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Porterfield is located in Washington County
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- Watertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Watertown is located in Washington County
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- Beverly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jackson County (WV)
- Neptune
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Neptune is located in Jackson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Mason County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chauncey, with the one closest to Chauncey listed first.
- Mason
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Clifton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clifton is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Hartford City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hartford City is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
- West Columbia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- West Columbia is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Columbia
- New Haven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wood County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chauncey, with the one closest to Chauncey listed first.
- Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wesley ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Blennerhassett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Blennerhassett is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blennerhassett
- Lubeck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lubeck is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lubeck
- Eli
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eli is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chauncey, see our County-by-County Page for Chauncey.
Cemeteries Near Chauncey ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chauncey.
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 Chauncey - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chauncey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chauncey, with the one closest to Chauncey listed first.
- Nye Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hocking Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Augustine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Millfield - Hilltop Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- True Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Carter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Young Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stover Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rush Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (752 more) ...
- Athens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- State Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Calvary 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Chauncey had a population of 212 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Chauncey had a population of 1,038 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chauncey, with the one closest to Chauncey listed first.
- Millfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hamley Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hamley Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamley Run
- Armitage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Armitage is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armitage
- Glen Ebon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Glen Ebon is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ebon
- Grosvenor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Grosvenor is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grosvenor
- Athens
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Buchtel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Orbiston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Orbiston is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orbiston
- Trimble
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Derthick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Derthick is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derthick
- Nelsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Carbondale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Carbondale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Murray City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jobs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chauncey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chauncey.
Newspapers Published in Chauncey ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chauncey.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chauncey, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chauncey.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Chauncey:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Athens County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fairfield County
- Gallia County
- Hocking County
- Jackson County
- Meigs County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Vinton County
- Washington County
- Jackson County
- Mason County
- Wood 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 Chauncey, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chauncey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |