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 Coal 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 Coal 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 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.
Coal Hill is located in Muskingum 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 Muskingum County: Coshocton, Guernsey, Licking, Morgan, Noble & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Coal Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coal Hill:
- Muskingum County (The home county of Coal Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Museville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- McDonald
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Rix Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Blue Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- Philo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Norwich
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- New Concord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cannelville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- Buckeye
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Pleasant Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Hartleyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Glouster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trimble
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Armadale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Armadale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armadale
- Amesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Greens Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
- Mudsock ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mudsock is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudsock
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Conesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Plainfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Cumberland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Claysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Bluebell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Pleasant City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Byesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Abledell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Senecaville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cambridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lore City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Murray City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Gratiot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Brownsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Stafford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Stafford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Lewisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lewisville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Miltonsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Miltonsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Edwina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Edwina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Graysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Graysville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Reinersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Durant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Hackney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Neelysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- McConnelsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Malta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morganville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Stockport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Deavertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Todds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Westland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Hoskinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Olive Green
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Belle Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Caldwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Sarahsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Ashton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ashton is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Dungannon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dungannon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- South Olive
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Olive is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Olive
- Crooked Tree
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crooked Tree is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Tree
- Dexter City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dexter City is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Roseville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- San Toy ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- San Toy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Toy
- San Toy has also been known as:
- Santoy
- Crooksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Corning
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rendville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Clover Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Redfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Congo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Congo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Drakes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Drakes is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes
- Rehoboth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- New Lexington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tuscarawas County
- Postboy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Beverly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Luke Chute
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Chute
- Macksburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elba
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Wolf Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wolf Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Lowell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Watertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Watertown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Warner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Warner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner
- Lower Salem
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Salem is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Alden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alden is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
- Churchtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Churchtown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Whipple
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whipple is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipple
- Wood County (WV)
- Williamstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coal Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Coal Hill.
Cemeteries Near Coal Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coal 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 Coal Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coal Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Brown African Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown African Methodist Cemetery
- The Brown African Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- African Methodist Church Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
- Lytlesburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ark Springs Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Knox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Renrock Methodist Protestant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bristol Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Barr Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Windy Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (616 more) ...
- Kuntz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Coal Hill had a population of 18 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Zeno
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Zeno is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeno
- Young Hickory
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Young Hickory is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Hickory
- Renrock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Renrock is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renrock
- High Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- High Hill is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
- Rowland ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rowland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- Cloud ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cloud is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud
- Saint Clair ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Clair is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Museville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- Scott ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Hunter ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hunter is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Cumberland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Spratt
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Spratt is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spratt
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Bristol
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bristol is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Olive Green
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Hoskinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coal Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coal Hill.
Newspapers Published in Coal 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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coal Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coal Hill, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coal Hill.
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 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 Coal Hill:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Muskingum County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Noble County
- Perry County
- Tuscarawas County
- Washington 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> | 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- Coal Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Coal Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |