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 Cottage 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 Cottage 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.
Name Variations for Cottage Hill ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Cottagehill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cottage Hill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cottage Hill.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Cottage 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 Cottage Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cottage Hill:
- Muskingum County (The home county of Cottage Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottage Hill, with the one closest to Cottage Hill listed first.
- Nashport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Black Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Shannon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Frazeysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Zanesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Zanesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbert
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Rock Cut
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Wortley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Dresden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fultonham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- South Zanesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottage Hill, with the one closest to Cottage Hill listed first.
- Cooperdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- West Bedford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- New Guilford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Conesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Mohawk Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Nellie
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Walhonding
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Coshocton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Warsaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Canal Lewisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottage Hill, with the one closest to Cottage Hill listed first.
- Fairfield Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Lakeside
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Millersport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rushville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasantville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Thurston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- West Rushville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Baltimore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottage Hill, with the one closest to Cottage Hill listed first.
- Claysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Abledell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Birds Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Cumberland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Meadow Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottage Hill, with the one closest to Cottage Hill listed first.
- Bladensburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Martinsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Esto ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Pipesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Hunt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Millwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Gambier
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buckeye City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Five Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fleaville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Fleaville has also been known as:
- Fleaville City
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottage Hill, with the one closest to Cottage Hill listed first.
- Gratiot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Hanover
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Brownsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Ben
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Reform
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Wilkins Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkins Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins Run
- Newark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottage Hill, with the one closest to Cottage Hill listed first.
- Deavertown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Durant
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Morganville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Malta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- McConnelsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottage Hill, with the one closest to Cottage Hill listed first.
- Mount Perry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Chalfants
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Glenford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thornville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Somerset
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Roseville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Crooksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rehoboth
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Carthon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- New Lexington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cottage Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Cottage Hill.
Cemeteries Near Cottage Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cottage 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 Cottage Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cottage Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cottage Hill, with the one closest to Cottage Hill listed first.
- Beulah Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Perry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mt. Olive Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- VanVorrhis Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for VanVorrhis Family Cemetery
- The VanVorrhis Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Van Vorhis Cemetery
- Van Vorrhis Family Cemetery
- Poplar Fork Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Sterling Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Irville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irville Cemetery
- The Irville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Irville - Nashport Cemetery
- Brushy Fork Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (554 more) ...
- Timber Run Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brushy Knob Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Knob Cemetery
- The Brushy Knob Cemetery has also been known as:
- Captain Tanner Cemetery
- Tanner Cemetery
- Sidle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Cottage Hill had a population of 17 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cottage Hill, with the one closest to Cottage Hill listed first.
- Claypools ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Claypools is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypools
- Pleasant Valley ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Toboso
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Toboso is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toboso
- Nashport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gratiot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Hopewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hopewell is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Brownsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Black Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Hanover
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Dillon Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dillon Falls is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon Falls
- Frazeysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Perryton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Perryton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryton
- Linnville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Linnville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linnville
- Mount Perry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cottage Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cottage Hill.
Newspapers Published in Cottage 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 139 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cottage Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cottage Hill, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cottage Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Cottage Hill:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Muskingum County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coshocton County
- Fairfield County
- Guernsey County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Perry 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> | 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 Cottage Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cottage Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |