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 Clifton (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 Clifton. 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 doctors and 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.
Clifton is primarily located in Greene County. A portion of Clifton extends into Clark 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 Greene County: Clark, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Montgomery & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Clifton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clifton:
- Greene County (The home county of Clifton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Cedarville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Yellow Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wilberforce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pinewood Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- New Jasper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Grape Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Xenia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shawnee Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trebein
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Fairborn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Beavercreek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Powhattan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Christiansburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Urbana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Westville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Mutual
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Saint Paris
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mechanicsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kingscreek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Millerstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Carysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Mingo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Woodstock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Cortsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cortsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville
- Green Hedges
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Green Hedges is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hedges
- Shawnee Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shawnee Acres is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Acres
- Kenwood Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Enon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Limestone City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- Springfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Green Meadows
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Holiday Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- South Charleston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Donnelsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Greenlawn Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Port William
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- New Burlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- North Kingman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- Clinton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Sabina
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lees Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Clarksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Memphis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Morrisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Morrisville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Octa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Milledgeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Yatesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Hagler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Bloomingburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Washington Court House
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Washington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Cook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- South Solon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Midway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Summerford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- London
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Range
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Choctaw Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Chrisman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Plumwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Gillivan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Mount Sterling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Alcony
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Ginghamsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Tipp City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Casstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Conover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Troy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kessler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Fletcher
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- West Milton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ludlow Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Garland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Huber Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Hooks Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Kettering
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dayton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Northridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Oakwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,919 people
- Riverdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Vandalia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Centerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shelby County
- Riverside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Harveysburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harveysburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Corwin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Waynesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kenricksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kenricksville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville
- Five Points
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Springboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red Lion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red Lion is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
- Williams County
- Franklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clifton, see our County-by-County Page for Clifton.
Cemeteries Near Clifton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clifton.
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 Clifton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clifton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Clifton Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- McClellan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- North Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bethel Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Forest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Massies Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massies Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Massies Creek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Cedarville.
- The Massies Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tarbox Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188897 <2>
- Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pitchin Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Pauls Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Massies Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bloxom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (513 more) ...
- Selma Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Garlough Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Emery Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Clifton had a population of 270 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Clifton had a population of 147 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Cedarville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hustead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hustead is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustead
- Hennessey ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hennessey is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hennessey
- Yellow Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pitchin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pitchin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitchin
- Beatty
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Beatty is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty
- Wilberforce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Selma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Selma is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Oldtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oldtown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldtown
- Enon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bryson ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bryson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryson
- Durbin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Durbin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Gladstone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gladstone is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Thorps
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Thorps is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorps
- Springfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clifton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clifton.
Newspapers Published in Clifton ...
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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clifton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clifton, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clifton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Clifton:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Clinton County
- Fayette County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Shelby County
- Warren County
- Williams 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Clifton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Clifton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |