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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Dicksonton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Dicksonton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dicksonton, please Contact Us.
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 Dicksonton (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 Dicksonton. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Dicksonton is historic, it would have been located within present day Perry 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 Perry County: Athens, Fairfield, Hocking, Licking, Morgan & Muskingum.
Below are the counties that are near Dicksonton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dicksonton:
- Perry County (The home county of Dicksonton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dicksonton, with the one closest to Dicksonton listed first.
- Shawnee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Straitsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Lexington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Junction City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hemlock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hemlock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Ludington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ludington is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
- Congo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Congo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Rehoboth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Drakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Drakes is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes
- Rendville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Carthon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Clover Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Avalon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dicksonton, with the one closest to Dicksonton listed first.
- Hartleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Bessemer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Buchtel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Nelsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Glouster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
- Jacksonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Trimble
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Truetown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Truetown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truetown
- Carbondale
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Carbondale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Chauncey
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chauncey is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
- Liars Corner ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Liars Corner is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liars Corner
- Mount Nebo ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Nebo is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Nebo
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dicksonton, with the one closest to Dicksonton listed first.
- Rushville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Rushville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Sugar Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pleasantville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Thurston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Fairfield Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Baltimore
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Millersport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dicksonton, with the one closest to Dicksonton listed first.
- New Pittsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Sand Run Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Sand Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- New Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Carbon Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Jobs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
- Murray City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Candy Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- Logan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Orbiston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Orbiston is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orbiston
- West Logan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Union Furnace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Rockbridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dicksonton, with the one closest to Dicksonton listed first.
- Brownsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gratiot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Harbor Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Buckeye Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Hebron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Heath
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Central City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Central City is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dicksonton, with the one closest to Dicksonton listed first.
- Deavertown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Morganville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Eagleport
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Elliott Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Wrightstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wrightstown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Durant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Westland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Malta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Joy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Joy is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- McConnelsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Todds
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Chesterhill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Neelysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dicksonton, with the one closest to Dicksonton listed first.
- Fultonham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Cannelville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- Darlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Blue Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Buckeye
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- South Zanesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Philo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Zanesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Museville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- Pleasant Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Wortley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dicksonton, with the one closest to Dicksonton listed first.
- Huntsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Tarlton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ross County
- Adelphi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dicksonton, with the one closest to Dicksonton listed first.
- Hope ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
- Zaleski
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Stella
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Ural ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
- McArthur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dicksonton, with the one closest to Dicksonton listed first.
- Luke Chute
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Chute
- Wolf Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wolf Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dicksonton, see our County-by-County Page for Dicksonton.
Cemeteries Near Dicksonton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dicksonton.
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 Dicksonton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dicksonton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dicksonton, with the one closest to Dicksonton listed first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bristol Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shawnee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ironpoint Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Danison - Nixon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Straitsville Joint Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Augustine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Whiptown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Fork Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (676 more) ...
- Old Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- First Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Lexington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.
Dicksonton itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dicksonton, with the one closest to Dicksonton listed first.
- McCuneville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- McCuneville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCuneville
- Bristol
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bristol is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Shawnee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maxville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maxville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- New Straitsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gore is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore
- Carrington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Carrington is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrington
- Junction City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Lexington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hemlock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hemlock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Ludington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ludington is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
- Moxahala
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Moxahala is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxahala
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Crossenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crossenville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossenville
- Webb Summit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Webb Summit is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Summit
- Greendale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Greendale is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dicksonton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dicksonton.
Newspapers Published in Dicksonton ...
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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dicksonton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dicksonton, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dicksonton.
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 Dicksonton:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Fairfield County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Pickaway County
- Ross County
- Vinton County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Dicksonton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dicksonton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |