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 East Clayton (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 East Clayton. 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.
Name Variations for East Clayton ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Clayton: E. Clayton
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East Clayton. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Clayton.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
East Clayton is located in Athens 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 Athens County: Hocking, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton, Washington & Wood (WV).
Below are the counties that are near East Clayton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Clayton:
- Athens County (The home county of East Clayton)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Clayton, with the one closest to East Clayton listed first.
- Nelsonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bessemer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Buchtel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Carbondale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carbondale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Greens Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
- Truetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Truetown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truetown
- King's Station ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mineral is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Chauncey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chauncey is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
- Liars Corner ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Liars Corner is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liars Corner
- The Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glouster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Clayton, with the one closest to East Clayton listed first.
- Sugar Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Rushville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Rushville
(23 miles [37 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
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Lancaster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Pleasantville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Amanda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Thurston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Gallia County
- Alice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Alice is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Clayton, with the one closest to East Clayton listed first.
- Candy Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- Carbon Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Sand Run Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Sand Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Union Furnace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Orbiston
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Orbiston is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orbiston
- Jobs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
- New Pittsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Murray City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Logan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Clayton, with the one closest to East Clayton listed first.
- Ray
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Former names for Ray:
- Rays
- Raysville
- Wellston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Altoona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Altoona is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Glen Roy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Roy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
- Coalton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coalton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Clayton, with the one closest to East Clayton listed first.
- Point Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Point Rock is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
- Dexter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dexter is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Langsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Langsville is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langsville
- Lima
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lima is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Rutland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tuppers Plains
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Clayton, with the one closest to East Clayton listed first.
- Wrightstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wrightstown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Joy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Joy is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Elliott Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Westland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Morganville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Chesterhill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Deavertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Todds
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Malta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stockport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- McConnelsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Durant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Clayton, with the one closest to East Clayton listed first.
- Fultonham
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Clayton, with the one closest to East Clayton listed first.
- New Straitsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shawnee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hemlock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hemlock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Ludington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ludington is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
- Drakes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Drakes is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes
- Congo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Congo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Corning
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rendville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Junction City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- New Lexington
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- San Toy ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- San Toy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Toy
- San Toy has also been known as:
- Santoy
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Clayton, with the one closest to East Clayton listed first.
- Huntsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Tarlton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ross County
- Adelphi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Clayton, with the one closest to East Clayton listed first.
- Hope ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
- Zaleski
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ural ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
- Stella
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- McArthur
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Arbaugh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Arbaugh is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbaugh
- Vales Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Vales Mills is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vales Mills
- Dundas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dundas is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Oreton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oreton is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreton
- Hamden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Richland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Richland is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Clayton, with the one closest to East Clayton listed first.
- Decaturville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Decaturville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decaturville
- Wolf Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wolf Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Fillmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fillmore is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- 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
- Napier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Napier is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Clayton, see our County-by-County Page for East Clayton.
Cemeteries Near East Clayton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Clayton.
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 East Clayton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Clayton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Clayton, with the one closest to East Clayton listed first.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Connett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ft. Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wolf Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Morris Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Groves Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dew Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Carbon Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Haydenville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Asbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (703 more) ...
- Whitmore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Buchtel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dixon 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.<3>
While we didn't find East Clayton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Clayton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Clayton, with the one closest to East Clayton listed first.
- Nelsonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Carbon Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Haydenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Haydenville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydenville
- Buchtel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Monday
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Monday is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monday
- Longstreth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Longstreth is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longstreth
- Sand Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Sand Run Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Union Furnace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Carbondale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carbondale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Glen Ebon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Ebon is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ebon
- Orbiston
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Orbiston is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orbiston
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Jobs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
- New Pittsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Starr
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Starr is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Clayton. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Clayton.
Newspapers Published in East Clayton ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Clayton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Clayton, 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 East Clayton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 East Clayton:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Athens County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fairfield County
- Gallia County
- Hocking County
- Jackson County
- Meigs County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Pickaway County
- Ross County
- Vinton County
- Washington 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 East Clayton, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Clayton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |