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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Clifton is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Athens, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Pleasants (WV), Tyler (WV) & Wood (WV).
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:
- Washington County (The home county of Clifton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Lowell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Alden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alden is located in Washington County
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- Beverly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Churchtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Churchtown is located in Washington County
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- Devola
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Devola is located in Washington County
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- Watertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Watertown is located in Washington County
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- Warner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Warner is located in Washington County
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- Whipple
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Whipple is located in Washington County
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- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Washington County
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- Lower Salem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lower Salem is located in Washington County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Elba
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elba is located in Washington County
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- Macksburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Luke Chute
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
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- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Big Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Big Run is located in Athens County
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- Armadale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Armadale is located in Athens County
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- Beebe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beebe is located in Athens County
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- Amesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mudsock ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mudsock is located in Athens County
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- Stewart
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stewart is located in Athens County
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- Youba
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Youba is located in Athens County
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- Coolville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Guysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Guysville is located in Athens County
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- Vanderhoof
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vanderhoof is located in Athens County
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- Glouster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jacksonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Trimble
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Cumberland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bluebell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Pleasant City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Buffalo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Senecaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Claysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Byesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Meigs County
- Tuppers Plains
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Stafford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Stafford is located in Monroe County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Graysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Graysville is located in Monroe County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Lewisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Edwina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Edwina is located in Monroe County
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- Plainview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Plainview is located in Monroe County
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- Antioch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Antioch is located in Monroe County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Woodsfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fly is located in Monroe County
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- Miltonsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Miltonsburg is located in Monroe County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Benwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Benwood is located in Monroe County
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- Mount Carrick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Carrick is located in Monroe County
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- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Hackney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
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- Reinersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
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- Stockport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Neelysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Todds
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
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- McConnelsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chesterhill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Malta
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Westland
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
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- Elliott Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
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- Joy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Joy is located in Morgan County
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- Morganville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Wrightstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wrightstown is located in Morgan County
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- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Museville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- Blue Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- McDonald
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Rix Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
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- Philo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
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- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Cannelville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
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- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Dungannon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dungannon is located in Noble County
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- Crooked Tree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Crooked Tree is located in Noble County
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- South Olive
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- South Olive is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Olive
- Dexter City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dexter City is located in Noble County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
- Ashton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ashton is located in Noble County
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- Sharon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
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- Harriettsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harriettsville is located in Noble County
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- Caldwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Olive Green
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
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- Fulda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fulda is located in Noble County
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- Hoskinsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
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- Belle Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sarahsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- San Toy ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- San Toy is located in Perry County
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- San Toy has also been known as:
- Santoy
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
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- Corning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rendville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Congo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Congo is located in Perry County
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- Drakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Drakes is located in Perry County
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- Pleasants County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Belmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont is located in Pleasants County (WV)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
- Willow Island
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Island is located in Pleasants County (WV)
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- Horseneck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Horseneck is located in Pleasants County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseneck
- Saint Marys
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- DeLong
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- DeLong is located in Pleasants County (WV)
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- Schultz
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Schultz is located in Pleasants County (WV)
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- Sugar Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sugar Valley is located in Pleasants County (WV)
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- Algeria ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Algeria is located in Pleasants County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algeria
- Adlai
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adlai is located in Pleasants County (WV)
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- Ritchie County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Petroleum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Petroleum is located in Ritchie County (WV)
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- League
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- League is located in Ritchie County (WV)
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- Rusk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rusk is located in Ritchie County (WV)
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- Tyler County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Friendly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Friendly is located in Tyler County (WV)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Sistersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Adonis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Adonis is located in Tyler County (WV)
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- Meadville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Meadville is located in Tyler County (WV)
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- Wirt County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Greencastle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Greencastle is located in Wirt County (WV)
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- Freeport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Freeport is located in Wirt County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Newark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Newark is located in Wirt County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Wood County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Williamstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Boaz
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Boaz is located in Wood County (WV)
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- North Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- North Hills is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
- Vienna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Parkers Towne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Parkers Towne is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Towne
- Valley Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Valley Mills is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
- Parkersburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Blennerhassett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Blennerhassett is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blennerhassett
- Washington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lubeck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lubeck is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lubeck
- Dallison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dallison is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallison
- Pleasant View
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Kanawha
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kanawha is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha
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.
- Dodge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Marsh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sprague Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Salem Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mason Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old German Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mason Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Devol Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Round Bottom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (759 more) ...
- Deming Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. John Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Powers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Clifton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clifton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clifton, with the one closest to Clifton listed first.
- Equity
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Equity is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equity
- Lowell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Coal Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Run is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run
- Alden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alden is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
- Beverly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Waterford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Churchtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Churchtown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Rainbow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rainbow is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
- Moscow Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow Mills is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow Mills
- Watertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Watertown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Hayward
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hayward is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Whipple
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Whipple is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipple
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Warner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Warner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner
- Crooked Tree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Crooked Tree is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Tree
- Center Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Center Bend is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Bend
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 65 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 14 miles [22.5 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 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 Clifton:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Guernsey County
- Meigs County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Perry County
- Pleasants County
- Ritchie County
- Tyler County
- Wirt County
- Wood 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 Clifton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Clifton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |