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 Dumontville (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 Dumontville. 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.
Dumontville 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 Dumontville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dumontville:
- Fairfield County (The home county of Dumontville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dumontville, with the one closest to Dumontville listed first.
- Baltimore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lancaster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Carroll
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasantville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Thurston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- West Rushville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Jefferson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Rushville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Millersport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lithopolis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dumontville, with the one closest to Dumontville listed first.
- Bessemer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Nelsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dumontville, with the one closest to Dumontville listed first.
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Center Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Harlem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Green ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dumontville, with the one closest to Dumontville listed first.
- Canal Winchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blacklick Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Brice
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Groveport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Reynoldsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hibernia ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hibernia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Truro ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Truro is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
- Zimmer ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zimmer is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmer
- Bright ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Blacklick
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Edward ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 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
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dumontville, with the one closest to Dumontville listed first.
- Rockbridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gibisonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Logan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Logan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Laurelville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- South Bloomingville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Union Furnace
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Apple
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Sand Run Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Mount Pleasant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Carbon Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dumontville, with the one closest to Dumontville listed first.
- Kirkersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Etna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Buckeye Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Hebron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Outville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Pataskala
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Summit Station
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
- Beechwood Trails
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Morgan County
- Deavertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dumontville, with the one closest to Dumontville listed first.
- Fultonham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Nashport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dumontville, with the one closest to Dumontville listed first.
- Avalon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Thornville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Carthon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Somerset
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Junction City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Glenford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chalfants
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Mount Perry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- New Lexington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rehoboth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Redfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Clover Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dumontville, with the one closest to Dumontville listed first.
- East Ringgold
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Saint Paul
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Tarlton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Knollwood Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Ashville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Duvall
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Circleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thacher
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- South Bloomfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Fox
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Logan Elm Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dumontville, with the one closest to Dumontville listed first.
- Adelphi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kingston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowbud
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Vinton County
- Stella
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dumontville, see our County-by-County Page for Dumontville.
Cemeteries Near Dumontville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dumontville.
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 Dumontville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dumontville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dumontville, with the one closest to Dumontville listed first.
- Dumontsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Floral Hills Memory Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Baugher Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Graybill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gideon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zeigler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old St. Peters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New St. Peters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tschopp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (604 more) ...
- Forest Rose Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- County Infirmary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Dumontville had a population of 163 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dumontville, with the one closest to Dumontville listed first.
- Hooker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Lancaster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Baltimore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Carroll
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sandstone ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandstone is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone
- Pleasantville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Thurston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Colfax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Colfax is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Harley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harley is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley
- Lockville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lockville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockville
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- North Berne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Berne is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Berne
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Slough
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Slough is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slough
- Greencastle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Greencastle is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Royalton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Dumontville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dumontville.
Newspapers Published in Dumontville ...
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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dumontville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dumontville, 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 Dumontville.
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 Dumontville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fairfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Delaware County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum 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> | 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 Dumontville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Dumontville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |