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 Croton (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 Croton. 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.
Croton is located in Licking 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 Licking County: Coshocton, Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Knox, Muskingum & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Croton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Croton:
- Licking County (The home county of Croton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Croton, with the one closest to Croton listed first.
- Hartford
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hartford is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- Lock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Green ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Johnstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cokesbury Corners ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cokesbury Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury Corners
- Cokesbury ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cokesbury is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- New Way ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Way is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Way
- Highwater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Highwater is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwater
- Highwater has also been known as:
- Sylvania
- Beech ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Beech is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Alexandria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Utica
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ash ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Scott's Corners ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Scott's Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott's Corners
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Croton, with the one closest to Croton listed first.
- New Guilford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Walhonding
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Croton, with the one closest to Croton listed first.
- Green ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Condit
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condit
- North Condit
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Condit
- South Condit
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Condit
- Vans Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Vans Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- Culver Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Culver Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver Creek
- Center Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- East Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Liberty is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Liberty
- Peerless ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Peerless is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Peerless has also been known as:
- Peerless Station
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Big Walnut is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Sunbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Croton, with the one closest to Croton listed first.
- Lakeside
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Millersport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pickerington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fairfield Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Baltimore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Thurston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Jefferson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Carroll
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lithopolis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasantville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Croton, with the one closest to Croton listed first.
- New Albany
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Albany is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,072 people
- Oakland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Central College ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Central College is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central College
- Westerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gould Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gould Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Park
- Huber Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Huber Ridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber Ridge
- Pinhook ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pinhook is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Blendon Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blendon Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blendon Corner
- Blendon Corner has also been known as:
- Blendon Four Corners
- Blendon
- Havens Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Havens Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Corners
- Blacklick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Minerva Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Minerva Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Flint ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Flint is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Gahanna
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Croton, with the one closest to Croton listed first.
- Centerburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Milfordton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Five Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Mount Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Bangs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Hunt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Green Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Dorema
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fleaville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Fleaville has also been known as:
- Fleaville City
- Mount Vernon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Croton, with the one closest to Croton listed first.
- Waldo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Croton, with the one closest to Croton listed first.
- Bloomfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Vails Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Sparta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Marengo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Liberty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Chesterville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fulton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cardington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Mount Gilead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Shawtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Edison
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Croton, with the one closest to Croton listed first.
- Black Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Nashport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Perry County
- Thornville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Croton, with the one closest to Croton listed first.
- Bellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <1>
- Butler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Croton, with the one closest to Croton listed first.
- Jerome
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- New California
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Croton, see our County-by-County Page for Croton.
Cemeteries Near Croton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Croton.
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 Croton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Croton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Croton, with the one closest to Croton listed first.
- Hartford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gould Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Patterson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Eastview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Robbins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Cemetery
- The Robbins Cemetery has also been known as:
- Thurston Cemetery
- Centerburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Appleton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Houck Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bennington Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (507 more) ...
- Trenton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Cemetery
- The Trenton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Condit Cemetery
- Trenton Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43770 <2>
- Rich Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Croton had a population of 536 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Croton, with the one closest to Croton listed first.
- Green ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Appleton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Appleton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Lock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Centerburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vans Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Vans Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- Rich Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rich Hill is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill
- Johnstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Condit
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condit
- Milfordton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Center Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Bloomfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- New Way ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Way is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Way
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Peerless ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Peerless is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Peerless has also been known as:
- Peerless Station
- Mount Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Harlem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Croton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Croton.
Newspapers Published in Croton ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Croton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Croton, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Croton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Croton:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Licking County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coshocton County
- Delaware County
- Fairfield County
- Franklin County
- Knox County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Richland County
- Union 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 Croton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Croton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |