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 Chautauqua (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 Chautauqua. 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 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.
Chautauqua is primarily located in Montgomery County . A portion of Chautauqua extends into Warren 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 Montgomery County : Butler , Clark , Darke , Greene , Miami , Preble & Warren .
Below are the counties that are near Chautauqua. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chautauqua:
Montgomery County (The home county of Chautauqua)
The following are listed by their distance from Chautauqua, with the one closest to Chautauqua listed first.
Carlisle (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Oakwood Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Miamisburg (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Germantown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Whitfield (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Whitfield is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield West Carrollton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Centerville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Moraine (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Frytown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Frytown is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frytown Gem City Estates (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Gem City Estates is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem City Estates Kettering (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Farmersville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Butler County
The following are listed by their distance from Chautauqua, with the one closest to Chautauqua listed first.
Poast Town Heights (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Poast Town Heights is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Heights Poast Town (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Poast Town is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Middletown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
South Middletown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
South Middletown is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Middletown Astoria (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Astoria is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria Monroe (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Miltonville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Miltonville is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonville Trenton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Jacksonburg (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Jacksonburg is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
Kyles (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Kyles is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyles Rockdale (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Rockdale is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Bethany (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Bethany is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Clark County
The following are listed by their distance from Chautauqua, with the one closest to Chautauqua listed first.
Park Layne (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Park Layne is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne Crystal Lakes (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes Holiday Valley (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Holiday Valley is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley Green Meadows (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Green Meadows is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows Enon (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
New Carlisle (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Donnelsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Donnelsville is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
Clermont County
The following are listed by their distance from Chautauqua, with the one closest to Chautauqua listed first.
Loveland (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Branch Hill (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Branch Hill is located in Clermont County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Hill Epworth Heights (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Epworth Heights is located in Clermont County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth Heights Mount Repose (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Mount Repose is located in Clermont County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Repose Mulberry (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Mulberry is located in Clermont County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Day Heights (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Ashdale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Ashdale is located in Clermont County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashdale Beechwood ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Beechwood is located in Clermont County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Williams Corners (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Williams Corners is located in Clermont County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Corners Newtonsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Newtonsville is located in Clermont County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonsville Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
Moores Fork (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Moores Fork is located in Clermont County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Fork Clinton County
The following are listed by their distance from Chautauqua, with the one closest to Chautauqua listed first.
New Burlington (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
New Burlington is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington North Kingman (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
North Kingman is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman Clarksville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Wilmington (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Blanchester (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Port William (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Port William is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
Midland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Midland is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
Westboro (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Westboro is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro Clinton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Clinton is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Morrisville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Morrisville is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville Darke County
The following are listed by their distance from Chautauqua, with the one closest to Chautauqua listed first.
Gordon (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Gordon is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
Ithaca (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Ithaca is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
Pitsburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Castine (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Castine is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
Arcanum (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Chautauqua, with the one closest to Chautauqua listed first.
Bellbrook (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Roxanna (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Roxanna is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxanna Spring Valley (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Beavercreek (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Trebein (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Trebein is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein Trebein has also been known as:
Beaver Station Beaver Frost Station Pickeneyville Pinckneyvile Pinewood Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Pinewood Village is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village Xenia (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Fairborn (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Wilberforce (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
New Jasper (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
New Jasper is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper Yellow Springs (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Shawnee Hills (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills Hamilton County
The following are listed by their distance from Chautauqua, with the one closest to Chautauqua listed first.
Highpoint (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Highpoint is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint Loveland Park (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Loveland Park is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland Park Fairfield (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Springdale (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Evendale (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Glendale (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Sharonville (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Pleasant Run Farm (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Pleasant Run Farm is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Farm Forest Park (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Pleasant Run (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Pleasant Run is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Blue Ash (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Greenhills (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Miami County
The following are listed by their distance from Chautauqua, with the one closest to Chautauqua listed first.
Garland (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Garland is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Ginghamsburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg West Milton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Kessler (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Kessler is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler Potsdam (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Potsdam is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
Tipp City (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Laura (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Ludlow Falls (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
Preble County
The following are listed by their distance from Chautauqua, with the one closest to Chautauqua listed first.
Gratis (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Ingomar (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Ingomar is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar West Elkton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
West Alexandria (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Camden (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Eaton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Lewisburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Lake Lakengren (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren Euphemia (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Euphemia is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia Verona (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Morning Sun (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Morning Sun is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Sun Corvin ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Corvin is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin Shelby County
Riverside (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Riverside is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Warren County
The following are listed by their distance from Chautauqua, with the one closest to Chautauqua listed first.
Franklin (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Springboro (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Five Points (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Five Points is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points Hunter (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Hunter is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Kenricksville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Kenricksville is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville Red Lion (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Red Lion is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion Greentree Corners (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Greentree Corners is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Corners Waynesville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Lebanon (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Corwin (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Shadow Lake Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Shadow Lake Village is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Lake Village Hageman (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Hageman is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hageman Williams County
Franklin (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Franklin is located in Williams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Franklin County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Chautauqua, with the one closest to Chautauqua listed first.
Peoria (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Peoria is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria Bath (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Bath is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Union County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Chautauqua, with the one closest to Chautauqua listed first.
West College Corner (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Contreras (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Contreras is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras Goodwins Corner (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Goodwins Corner is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chautauqua, see our County-by-County Page for Chautauqua .
Cemeteries Near Chautauqua ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chautauqua.
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 Chautauqua - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chautauqua covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chautauqua, with the one closest to Chautauqua listed first.
New Jersey Presbyterian Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Tapscott Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Stettler Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Swartzel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Woodhill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhill Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodhill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Franklin . The Woodhill Cemetery has also been known as:
Franklin Cemetery Wood Hill Cemetery Woodland Hill Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44160 <2>
Springboro Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Springboro Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Springboro . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43554 <2>
Gebhart Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Hill Grove Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Highland Memorial Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Friends Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery The Friends Cemetery has also been known as:
Hicksite Cemetery Quaker Cemetery Friends Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery The Friends Cemetery has also been known as:
Quaker Cemetery Continue List (524 more) ...
Miamisburg Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Old Lutheran Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Sunbury Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 Chautauqua in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chautauqua.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chautauqua, with the one closest to Chautauqua listed first.
Carlisle (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Franklin (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Miamisburg (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Springboro (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Germantown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Poast Town (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Poast Town is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Whitfield (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Whitfield is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield Blue Ball (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Blue Ball is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball West Carrollton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Ellerton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Ellerton is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerton Middletown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Lemon (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Lemon is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Continue List (16 more) ...
Red Lion (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Red Lion is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion Pekin (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Pekin is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin Ridgeville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Ridgeville is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chautauqua. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chautauqua .
Newspapers Published in Chautauqua ...
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 205 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chautauqua.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chautauqua, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Chautauqua.
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 Chautauqua:
Websites specific to Ohio Pages specific to Montgomery County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Butler County Clark County Clermont County Clinton County Darke County Greene County Hamilton County Miami County Preble County Shelby County Warren County Williams County Franklin County Union County Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Chautauqua. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Montgomery County: https://www.mcohio.org/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Chautauqua, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chautauqua) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.