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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Claybank. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Claybank to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Claybank, please Contact Us.
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 Claybank (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 Claybank. 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 doctors and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Claybank is historic, it would have been located within present day Perry 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 Perry County: Athens, Fairfield, Hocking, Licking, Morgan & Muskingum.
Below are the counties that are near Claybank. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Claybank:
- Perry County (The home county of Claybank)
- The following are listed by their distance from Claybank, with the one closest to Claybank listed first.
- New Lexington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rehoboth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Ludington
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ludington is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
- Shawnee
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Congo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Congo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Junction City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hemlock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hemlock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Drakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Drakes is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes
- Rendville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Clover Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Corning
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claybank, with the one closest to Claybank listed first.
- Hartleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Glouster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bessemer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Buchtel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Jacksonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Trimble
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
- Nelsonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Truetown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Truetown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truetown
- Chauncey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Chauncey is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
- Liars Corner ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Liars Corner is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liars Corner
- Mount Nebo ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Nebo is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Nebo
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claybank, with the one closest to Claybank listed first.
- Rushville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Rushville
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Sugar Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pleasantville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Thurston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Lancaster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Lakeside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Millersport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Baltimore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Guernsey County
- Cumberland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claybank, with the one closest to Claybank listed first.
- New Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Murray City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- New Pittsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Sand Run Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Sand Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Carbon Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Jobs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
- Candy Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- Orbiston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Orbiston is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orbiston
- Logan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Logan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Union Furnace
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claybank, with the one closest to Claybank listed first.
- Brownsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gratiot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Harbor Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Buckeye Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Hebron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Heath
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hanover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claybank, with the one closest to Claybank listed first.
- Deavertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Morganville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Eagleport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Durant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Elliott Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Malta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- McConnelsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Westland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Wrightstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wrightstown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Joy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Joy is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Todds
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Chesterhill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claybank, with the one closest to Claybank listed first.
- Fultonham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Cannelville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- Darlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Blue Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buckeye
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- South Zanesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Philo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Zanesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Museville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- McDonald
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Pleasant Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Noble County
- Olive Green
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claybank, with the one closest to Claybank listed first.
- Hope ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
- Zaleski
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stella
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Ural ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claybank, with the one closest to Claybank listed first.
- Luke Chute
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Chute
- Wolf Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Beverly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Claybank, see our County-by-County Page for Claybank.
Cemeteries Near Claybank ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Claybank.
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 Claybank - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Claybank covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Claybank, with the one closest to Claybank listed first.
- South Fork Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bristol Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Whiptown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Old Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- First Methodist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Lexington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ironpoint Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- First Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fowler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bear Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Aloysius Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (669 more) ...
- Shawnee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Springer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Teal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.
While we didn't find Claybank in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Claybank.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Claybank, with the one closest to Claybank listed first.
- Bristol
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bristol is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Moxahala
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Moxahala is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxahala
- New Lexington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dicksonton ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dicksonton is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksonton
- McCuneville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McCuneville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCuneville
- Lyonsdale ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lyonsdale is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
- Rehoboth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Shawnee
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carrington
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carrington is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrington
- Ludington
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ludington is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
- Hemlock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hemlock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Buckingham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buckingham is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Drakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Drakes is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes
- Rendville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Sayre
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sayre is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Claybank. See our List of 1890's Communities around Claybank.
Newspapers Published in Claybank ...
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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Claybank.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Claybank, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Claybank.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Claybank:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Fairfield County
- Guernsey County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Vinton County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Claybank, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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- Claybank) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |