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 Clark (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 Clark. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Clark is primarily located in Coshocton County. A portion of Clark extends into Holmes 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 Coshocton County: Guernsey, Holmes, Knox, Licking, Muskingum & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Clark. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clark:
- Coshocton County (The home county of Clark)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Layland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- New Bedford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Metham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Chili
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Warsaw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Fresno
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Nellie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Coshocton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mohawk Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Walhonding
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Loudonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- McKay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Perrysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jeromesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hayesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Birds Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Odell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Oldham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Killbuck
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Millersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Charm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Farmerstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Berlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Benton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Glenmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holmesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Miley Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Nashville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Gann
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Esto ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Buckeye City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Millwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Jelloway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Pipesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Bladensburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Nunda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Nunda is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
- Amity
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Gambier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Long Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Former names for Long Run:
- Colville
- Oberlin
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Reform
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Trinway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dresden
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Frazeysburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Adamsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Shannon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Black Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Gilbert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Nashport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Newville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Butler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Wilmot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beach City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brewster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Justus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Navarre Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Navarre
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Lake Sherman Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sippo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- West Brookfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Westarado
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Mayflower Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- North Lawrence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Baltic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shanesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Barrs Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Stone Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Dundee
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Newcomerstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Port Washington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Parral
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Strasburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Postboy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Fredericksburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Shreve
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Moreland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Mount Eaton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Millbrook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Apple Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Funk
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- East Union
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Wooster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Boys Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- Dalton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Devil Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clark, see our County-by-County Page for Clark.
Cemeteries Near Clark ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clark.
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 Clark - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clark covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Clark Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sheplers Evangelical Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elliott Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Cemetery
- The Elliott Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Elliott Methodist Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- The Oak Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oakhill Cemetery
- Noah J. Raber Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Run Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run Cemetery
- The Big Run Cemetery has also been known as:
- Methodist Protestant Cemetery
- Mt. Pisquah Cemetery
- Nazarene Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Blissfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Uhl Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uhl Family Cemetery
- The Uhl Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Uhl Cemetery
- Continue List (645 more) ...
- Knob Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Simon Miller Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Andrew Raber Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Clark in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clark.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clark, with the one closest to Clark listed first.
- Layland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Blissfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blissfield is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blissfield
- Helmick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Helmick is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmick
- Grade ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grade is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grade
- Becks Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Becks Mills is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Mills
- Saltillo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Saltillo is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Killbuck
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Metham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Keene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Keene is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
- New Bedford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Charm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Millersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Spring Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Spring Mountain is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mountain
- Warsaw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chili
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clark. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clark.
Newspapers Published in Clark ...
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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clark.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clark, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clark.
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 Clark:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Coshocton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Guernsey County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Muskingum County
- Richland County
- Stark County
- Tuscarawas 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> | 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 Clark, 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 from Point A (ie- Clark) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |