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 Circle 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 Circle 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 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.
Circle Hill is located in Miami 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 Miami County: Champaign, Clark, Darke, Montgomery & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Circle Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Circle Hill:
- Miami County (The home county of Circle Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Hill, with the one closest to Circle Hill listed first.
- Pleasant Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Covington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Bradford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Covington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Laura
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ludlow Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Bloomer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Potsdam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Polo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- West Milton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Garland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Kessler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Hill, with the one closest to Circle Hill listed first.
- Minster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- New Bremen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- New Knoxville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Hill, with the one closest to Circle Hill listed first.
- Christiansburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Saint Paris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Carysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Millerstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Westville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Hill, with the one closest to Circle Hill listed first.
- New Carlisle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dodo
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Park Layne
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Crystal Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Dialton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- North Hampton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Donnelsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Holiday Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Lawrenceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Green Meadows
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Enon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Limestone City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Hill, with the one closest to Circle Hill listed first.
- Gettysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Poplar Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Pitsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stelvideo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Arcanum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Abbottsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Versailles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pikeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Gordon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Ithaca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Greenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dawn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Hill, with the one closest to Circle Hill listed first.
- Fairborn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beavercreek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Logan County
- Quincy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Hill, with the one closest to Circle Hill listed first.
- Burkettsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chickasaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Saint Henry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wendelin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Montezuma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Coldwater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fort Recovery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Hill, with the one closest to Circle Hill listed first.
- Phillipsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Wengerlawn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Clayton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Englewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Brookville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Airhill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Airhill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill
- Northview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Vandalia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pyrmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Hill, with the one closest to Circle Hill listed first.
- Verona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Euphemia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Manchester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- West Alexandria
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New Paris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ingomar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Eaton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Gratis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Lakengren
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Hill, with the one closest to Circle Hill listed first.
- Russia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dawson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Lockington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Hardin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Fort Laramie
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Filburns Island
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Sidney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Port Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Anna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Hill, with the one closest to Circle Hill listed first.
- Union City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Haysville Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Spartanburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Arba
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Lynn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lynn is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <1>
- Saratoga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rural
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Snow Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- New Pittsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Bloomingport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bloomingport is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport
- Winchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wayne County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Hill, with the one closest to Circle Hill listed first.
- Whitewater
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Fountain City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Chester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chester is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Spring Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Grove is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Richmond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Webster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Webster is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Circle Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Circle Hill.
Cemeteries Near Circle Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Circle 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 Circle Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Circle Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Circle Hill, with the one closest to Circle Hill listed first.
- Bradford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Greenville Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Deeter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Newcomers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gettysburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Harris Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ludlow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Priest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Covington.
- The Highland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Covington Cemetery
- Ingle Family Burying Ground
- Old Township Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41403 <2>
- Continue List (521 more) ...
- Harris Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mote Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mote Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mote Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Pitsburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1963330 <2>
- Miller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Circle Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Circle Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Circle Hill, with the one closest to Circle Hill listed first.
- Red River
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Red River is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River
- Painter Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Painter Creek is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Creek
- Pleasant Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sugar Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sugar Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Bradford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Covington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Laura
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ellemans ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ellemans is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellemans
- Gettysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Ludlow Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Poplar Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Potsdam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bloomer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Horatio
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Horatio is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horatio
- West Milton
(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 Circle Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Circle Hill.
Newspapers Published in Circle 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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Circle Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Circle Hill, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Circle 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 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 Circle Hill:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Miami County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Randolph 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> | 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 Circle Hill, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Circle Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |