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 Decrow Corners (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 Decrow Corners. 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 Decrow Corners ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Decrow Corners: Decrow Cors.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Decrow Corners 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 Decrow Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Decrow Corners:
- Licking County (The home county of Decrow Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Decrow Corners, with the one closest to Decrow Corners listed first.
- Cokesbury Corners ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cokesbury Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury Corners
- Cokesbury ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cokesbury is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- New Way ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Way is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Way
- Highwater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Highwater is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwater
- Highwater has also been known as:
- Sylvania
- Lock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Hartford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hartford is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- Johnstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chatham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chatham is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Alexandria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Scott's Corners ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Scott's Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott's Corners
- Blanchard ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blanchard is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- Blanchard has also been known as:
- Blanchard Settlement
- Green ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Green is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Decrow Corners, with the one closest to Decrow Corners listed first.
- New Guilford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Walhonding
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Bedford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Cooperdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Mohawk Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Nellie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Decrow Corners, with the one closest to Decrow Corners listed first.
- Green ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Condit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condit
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- South Condit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- South Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Condit
- Vans Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Vans Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- North Condit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Condit
- Center Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Culver Creek ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Culver Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver Creek
- Harlem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Peerless ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Big Walnut is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Decrow Corners, with the one closest to Decrow Corners listed first.
- Lakeside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Fairfield Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Millersport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pickerington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Baltimore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Thurston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Pleasantville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Carroll
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Lithopolis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rushville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Rushville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Decrow Corners, with the one closest to Decrow Corners listed first.
- New Albany
(13 miles [20.9 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 southwest)
- Oakland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Central College ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Central College is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central College
- 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 southwest)
- Gould Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gould Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Park
- Pinhook ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pinhook is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Westerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Huber Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Huber Ridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber Ridge
- Blendon Corner
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Gahanna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Minerva Park
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Decrow Corners, with the one closest to Decrow Corners listed first.
- Five Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Milfordton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Centerburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Bangs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Hunt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Martinsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Green Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- 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)
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Gambier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Decrow Corners, with the one closest to Decrow Corners listed first.
- Bloomfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Sparta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Vails Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Marengo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- West Liberty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Chesterville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fulton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cardington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Mount Gilead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shawtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Edison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Decrow Corners, with the one closest to Decrow Corners listed first.
- Black Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Nashport
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Frazeysburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Shannon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Decrow Corners, with the one closest to Decrow Corners listed first.
- Thornville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glenford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chalfants
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Mount Perry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Decrow Corners, with the one closest to Decrow Corners listed first.
- Butler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bellville
(29 miles [46.7 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>
- Union County
- Jerome
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Decrow Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Decrow Corners.
Cemeteries Near Decrow Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Decrow Corners.
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 Decrow Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Decrow Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Decrow Corners, with the one closest to Decrow Corners listed first.
- Appleton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hancock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Channel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Concord Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bennington Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Moorehead Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Old Fredonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bowers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (522 more) ...
- Green Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Johnstown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hall 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.<3>
While we didn't find Decrow Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Decrow Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Decrow Corners, with the one closest to Decrow Corners listed first.
- Appleton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Appleton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- New Way ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Way is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Way
- Highwater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Highwater is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwater
- Highwater has also been known as:
- Sylvania
- Johnstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fredonia is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Homer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Homer is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Croton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Croton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croton
- Lock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Alexandria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chatham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chatham is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Milfordton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Utica
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Green ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Green is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Granville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Louisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Decrow Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Decrow Corners.
Newspapers Published in Decrow Corners ...
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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Decrow Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Decrow Corners, 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 Decrow Corners.
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 either 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 Decrow Corners:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Licking County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coshocton County
- Delaware County
- Fairfield County
- Franklin County
- Knox 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 Decrow Corners, 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' (or 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- Decrow Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |