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 Eden Park (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 Eden Park. 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 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.
Eden Park is located in Scioto 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 Scioto County: Greenup (KY), Lewis (KY), Adams, Jackson, Lawrence & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Eden Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eden Park:
- Scioto County (The home county of Eden Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden Park, with the one closest to Eden Park listed first.
- New Boston
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sciotoville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sciotoville is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciotoville
- Rosemount
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rosemount is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemount
- Portsmouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sciotodale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sciotodale is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciotodale
- West Portsmouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- West Portsmouth is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Portsmouth
- Slocum
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Slocum is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
- Slocum has also been known as:
- Slocums Station
- Wait
- Watt
- Wheelersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Shannoah Town ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shannoah Town is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannoah Town
- Minford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lucasville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden Park, with the one closest to Eden Park listed first.
- Blue Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jaybird
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jaybird is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Mineral Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mineral Springs is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Rome
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rome is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Squirrel Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Squirrel Town is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Town
- Lynx
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lynx is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynx
- Moore ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Moore is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Locust Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Peebles
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grimes ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grimes is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes
- Dunkinsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dunkinsville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkinsville
- Whippoorwill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Whippoorwill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whippoorwill
- Gallia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden Park, with the one closest to Eden Park listed first.
- Centerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Cora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cora is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
- Patriot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden Park, with the one closest to Eden Park listed first.
- Monroe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Monroe is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Glade
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Glade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Blackfork Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Blackfork Junction is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfork Junction
- Banner ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Banner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Oak Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rempel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rempel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rempel
- Limerick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Limerick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Petrea
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Petrea is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrea
- Coalton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coalton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Pattonsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pattonsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pattonsville
- Altoona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Altoona is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden Park, with the one closest to Eden Park listed first.
- Vernon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Vernon is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Pedro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pedro is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedro
- Hanging Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hanging Rock is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Vesuvius ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Vesuvius is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesuvius
- Johns Creek ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Johns Creek is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Creek
- Ironton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sherritts
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sherritts is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherritts
- Kitts Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kitts Hill is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitts Hill
- Rome
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rome is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Waterloo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Coal Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coal Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
- Aid
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aid is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aid
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden Park, with the one closest to Eden Park listed first.
- Wetmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wetmore is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetmore
- Wakefield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wakefield is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
- Coopersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coopersville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopersville
- Shyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Shyville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shyville
- Sargents
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sargents is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents
- Camp
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Camp is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp
- Riverdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Riverdale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Beaver
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Robbins ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Robbins is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Zahn's Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Zahn's Corners is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zahn's Corners
- Zahn's Corners has also been known as:
- Zann's Corners
- Greggs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Greggs is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggs
- Jasper
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden Park, with the one closest to Eden Park listed first.
- Alma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Alma is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Nipgen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Nipgen is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipgen
- Richmond Dale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Richmond Dale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Dale
- Boyd County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden Park, with the one closest to Eden Park listed first.
- Fairview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Boyd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Millseat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Millseat is located in Boyd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millseat
- Westwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Princess
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Princess is located in Boyd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princess
- Cliffside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cliffside is located in Boyd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffside
- Cannonsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cannonsburg is located in Boyd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Normal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Normal is located in Boyd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normal
- Carter County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden Park, with the one closest to Eden Park listed first.
- Kehoe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kehoe is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kehoe
- Boone Furnace
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Boone Furnace is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Furnace
- Carter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Carter is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
- Smiths Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Smiths Creek is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Creek
- Pactolus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pactolus is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactolus
- Wesleyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wesleyville is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesleyville
- Grayson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greenup County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden Park, with the one closest to Eden Park listed first.
- Frost
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Frost is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- South Shore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- South Portsmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- South Portsmouth is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Portsmouth
- Grays Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grays Branch is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Branch
- Lloyd
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lloyd is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Lynn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lynn is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- York
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- York is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Greenup
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wurtland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wurtland is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Warnock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Warnock is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warnock
- Raceland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Raceland is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,338 people
- Worthington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Worthington is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,488 people
- Lewis County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden Park, with the one closest to Eden Park listed first.
- Firebrick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Firebrick is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firebrick
- Quincy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Quincy is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Garrison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Garrison is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Buena Vista
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Vanceburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Dix
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Dix is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Dix
- Charters
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Charters is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charters
- Concord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eden Park, see our County-by-County Page for Eden Park.
Cemeteries Near Eden Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eden Park.
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 Eden Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eden Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eden Park, with the one closest to Eden Park listed first.
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Bend Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Long Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Summers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rawley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Country Club Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cole Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Williamson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Malone Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Larkin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (727 more) ...
- Old Wheelersburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- German Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Turner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Eden Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eden Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eden Park, with the one closest to Eden Park listed first.
- New Boston
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sciotoville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sciotoville is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciotoville
- Portsmouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Frost
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Frost is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Siloam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Siloam is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Dry Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dry Run is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- South Portsmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- South Portsmouth is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Portsmouth
- Limeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Limeville is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeville
- Wheelersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Slocum
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Slocum is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
- Slocum has also been known as:
- Slocums Station
- Wait
- Watt
- Rushtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rushtown is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushtown
- Lucasville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Gephart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gephart is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gephart
- Harrison Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison Mills is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Mills
- Friendship
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eden Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eden Park.
Newspapers Published in Eden Park ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eden Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eden Park, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eden Park.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Eden Park:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Scioto County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Gallia County
- Jackson County
- Lawrence County
- Pike County
- Ross County
- Boyd County
- Carter County
- Greenup County
- Lewis 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 Eden Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Eden Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |