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 Eagle City (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 Eagle City. 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.
Eagle City is located in Clark 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 Clark County: Champaign, Greene, Madison, Miami & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near Eagle City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eagle City:
- Clark County (The home county of Eagle City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Tremont City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Greenlawn Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Lawrenceville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Northridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Oakwood Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- Springfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Villa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Kenwood Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Limestone City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- North Hampton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Dialton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- Powhattan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Westville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Urbana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Christiansburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mutual
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Saint Paris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Kingscreek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Mechanicsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Mingo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- New Burlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- Port William
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Octa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Milledgeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Yatesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- Clifton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Yellow Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fairborn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wilberforce
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Grape Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Xenia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Trebein
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Trebein is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein
- Trebein has also been known as:
- Beaver Station
- Beaver
- Frost Station
- Pickeneyville
- Pinckneyvile
- Beavercreek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Jasper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- West Liberty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- De Graff
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Quincy
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Valley Hi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Iron City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Logansville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Middleburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bellefontaine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Zanesfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- Choctaw Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Summerford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- South Solon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- London
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Plumwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Chuckery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Midway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chrisman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Gillivan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Range
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- Alcony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Conover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Casstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fletcher
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Tipp City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Troy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Piqua
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kessler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Ludlow Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- West Milton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- Huber Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Hooks Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Riverside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vandalia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Northridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Riverdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Shiloh
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Dayton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Deerpark Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Deerpark Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerpark Village
- Fort McKinley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fort McKinley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McKinley
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- Riverside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Pasco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Lockington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Port Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sidney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Hardin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- Milford Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Marysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eagle City, see our County-by-County Page for Eagle City.
Cemeteries Near Eagle City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eagle City.
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 Eagle City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eagle City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- Ferncliff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Bernard Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Bernard Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Springfield.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43077 <2>
- Childrens Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lawrenceville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sims Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Callison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Columbia Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rector Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Masonic Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ohio Masonic Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (540 more) ...
- Greenmount Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Raphaels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Comer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Eagle City had a population of 24 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eagle City, with the one closest to Eagle City listed first.
- Tremont City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lawrenceville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Springfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bowlusville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bowlusville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlusville
- Lagonda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lagonda is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagonda
- Villa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Durbin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Durbin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Terre Haute
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Terre Haute is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Haute
- North Hampton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Beatty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beatty is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty
- New Moorefield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Dialton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Donnelsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Mad River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mad River is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mad River
- Dodo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eagle City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eagle City.
Newspapers Published in Eagle City ...
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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eagle City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eagle City, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eagle City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Eagle City:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Clinton County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Shelby 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 Eagle City, 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 from Point A (ie- Eagle City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |