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 Drinkle (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 Drinkle. 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 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.
Drinkle is located in Fairfield 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 Fairfield County: Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Perry & Pickaway.
Below are the counties that are near Drinkle. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Drinkle:
- Fairfield County (The home county of Drinkle)
- The following are listed by their distance from Drinkle, with the one closest to Drinkle listed first.
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Amanda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stoutsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Cedar Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Sugar Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lancaster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Carroll
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jefferson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Lithopolis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Baltimore
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drinkle, with the one closest to Drinkle listed first.
- Nelsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Carbondale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carbondale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Bessemer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Buchtel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- King's Station ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- King's Station is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King's Station
- King's Station has also been known as:
- King Hollow
- King's Hollow
- King's Switch
- Mineral
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drinkle, with the one closest to Drinkle listed first.
- Canal Winchester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lockbourne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Groveport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bright ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Sharp ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Blacklick Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Edward ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Obetz
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zuber ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zuber is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuber
- Brice
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Edgewater Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drinkle, with the one closest to Drinkle listed first.
- Laurelville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Gibisonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Rockbridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Apple
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- South Bloomingville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Logan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Logan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Union Furnace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Sand Run Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Carbon Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Jackson County
- Ray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Former names for Ray:
- Rays
- Raysville
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drinkle, with the one closest to Drinkle listed first.
- Etna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kirkersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Buckeye Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Outville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Pataskala
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Summit Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
- Harbor Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Hebron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Beechwood Trails
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Madison County
- Mount Sterling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drinkle, with the one closest to Drinkle listed first.
- Avalon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Carthon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Junction City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Straitsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Thornville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shawnee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Somerset
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Lexington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Glenford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hemlock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hemlock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Ludington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ludington is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
- Chalfants
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drinkle, with the one closest to Drinkle listed first.
- Tarlton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- East Ringgold
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Thacher
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Knollwood Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Circleville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Logan Elm Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Elmwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Ashville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paul
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Fox
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- South Bloomfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drinkle, with the one closest to Drinkle listed first.
- Adelphi
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kingston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowbud
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Andersonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Riton ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Riton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton
- Chillicothe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Schooley
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Schooley is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schooley
- Schooley has also been known as:
- Schooley Station
- North Fork Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- Clarksburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Deadman Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Deadman Crossing is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadman Crossing
- Massieville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Massieville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massieville
- Musselman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drinkle, with the one closest to Drinkle listed first.
- Stella
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- McArthur
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zaleski
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Richland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Richland is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Hope ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Dundas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dundas is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
- Ural ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Drinkle, see our County-by-County Page for Drinkle.
Cemeteries Near Drinkle ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Drinkle.
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 Drinkle - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Drinkle covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Drinkle, with the one closest to Drinkle listed first.
- Drinkle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Augustus Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kern Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Julian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bethany Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shaeffer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Conrad Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrad Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Conrad Cemetery is located between<2> the communities of Amanda and Tarlton. The cemetery lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Amanda.
- New Conrad Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Conrad Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Amanda Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tarlton United Brethren Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (625 more) ...
- Tarlton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Drinkle had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Drinkle, with the one closest to Drinkle listed first.
- Tarlton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clearport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clearport is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearport
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Amanda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hamburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hamburg is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Stoutsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stringtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stringtown is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- South Perry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Perry is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Perry
- Whisler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Whisler is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisler
- Adelphi
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Laurelville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Cedar Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- East Ringgold
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Royalton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Royalton is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Drinkle. See our List of 1890's Communities around Drinkle.
Newspapers Published in Drinkle ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Drinkle.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Drinkle, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Drinkle.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Drinkle:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fairfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Jackson County
- Licking County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Pickaway County
- Ross County
- Vinton 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Amanda and Tarlton. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Drinkle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Drinkle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |