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 Dillon Falls (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 Dillon Falls. 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 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.
Dillon Falls 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 Dillon Falls. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dillon Falls:
- Muskingum County (The home county of Dillon Falls)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dillon Falls, with the one closest to Dillon Falls listed first.
- North Zanesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Zanesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wortley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Pleasant Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Gilbert
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- South Zanesville
(5 miles [8 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
- Darlington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Buckeye
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Shannon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Rock Cut
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Nashport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fultonham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Athens County
- Hartleyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dillon Falls, with the one closest to Dillon Falls listed first.
- Cooperdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Conesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- West Bedford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- New Guilford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Coshocton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Plainfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mohawk Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Nellie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Warsaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Canal Lewisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- West Lafayette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dillon Falls, with the one closest to Dillon Falls listed first.
- Fairfield Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Rushville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- West Rushville
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Millersport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasantville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Thurston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Baltimore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dillon Falls, with the one closest to Dillon Falls listed first.
- Claysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Cumberland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Abledell
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Cambridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bluebell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Oldham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Birds Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Spring Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Byesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pleasant City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Buffalo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dillon Falls, with the one closest to Dillon Falls listed first.
- Bladensburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Martinsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Esto ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Pipesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dillon Falls, with the one closest to Dillon Falls listed first.
- Gratiot
(8 miles [12.9 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Hanover
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Ben
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Reform
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Wilkins Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkins Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins Run
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dillon Falls, with the one closest to Dillon Falls listed first.
- Deavertown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Durant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Morganville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Malta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- McConnelsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Neelysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Reinersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Westland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Hackney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dillon Falls, with the one closest to Dillon Falls listed first.
- Mount Zion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Hoskinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Olive Green
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Belle Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dillon Falls, with the one closest to Dillon Falls listed first.
- Mount Perry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Roseville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Redfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Clover Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Crooksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Chalfants
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Glenford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rehoboth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Somerset
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Lexington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Thornville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Carthon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Tuscarawas County
- Postboy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dillon Falls, see our County-by-County Page for Dillon Falls.
Cemeteries Near Dillon Falls ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dillon Falls.
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 Dillon Falls - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dillon Falls covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dillon Falls, with the one closest to Dillon Falls listed first.
- Crooks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- United Jewish Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Finley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Springfield Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Black Log Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brushy Knob Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Knob Cemetery
- The Brushy Knob Cemetery has also been known as:
- Captain Tanner Cemetery
- Tanner Cemetery
- Timber Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Prosser Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boxter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (573 more) ...
- Baxter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sidle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Sterling Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 in 1895, Dillon Falls had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dillon Falls, with the one closest to Dillon Falls listed first.
- West Zanesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Zanesville
- Zanesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Putnam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Putnam is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Oakland ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Pleasant Valley ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Muskingum ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Muskingum is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskingum
- South Zanesville
(5 miles [8 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
- Gilbert
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Hopewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Lewis ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lewis is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Darlington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Buckeye
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Ellis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ellis is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- White Cottage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- White Cottage is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cottage
- Brush Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brush Creek is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dillon Falls. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dillon Falls.
Newspapers Published in Dillon Falls ...
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 113 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dillon Falls.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dillon Falls, 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 Dillon Falls.
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 helpful 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 Dillon Falls:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Muskingum County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Coshocton County
- Fairfield County
- Guernsey County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Noble County
- Perry County
- Tuscarawas 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 Dillon Falls, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dillon Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |