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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Elm Grove. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Elm Grove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Elm Grove, please Contact Us.
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 Elm Grove (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 Elm Grove. 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 Elm Grove ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Elmgrove.
- A typical abbreviation for Elm Grove: Elm Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Elm Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Elm Grove.
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.
Although our information shows that the community of Elm Grove is historic, it would have been located within present day Pike 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 Pike County: Adams, Highland, Jackson, Ross & Scioto.
Below are the counties that are near Elm Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elm Grove:
- Pike County (The home county of Elm Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Grove, with the one closest to Elm Grove listed first.
- Jasper
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Latham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Camp
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Camp is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp
- Riverdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riverdale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Poplar Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Poplar Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Piketon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sargents
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sargents is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents
- Coopersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coopersville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopersville
- Newfain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newfain is located in Pike County
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- Wakefield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wakefield is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
- Wetmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wetmore is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetmore
- Glen Jean
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Jean is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Jean
- Peck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Peck is located in Pike County
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- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Grove, with the one closest to Elm Grove listed first.
- Jaybird
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jaybird is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Locust Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Locust Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Mineral Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Peebles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Louden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Louden is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden
- May Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- May Hill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Hill
- Blue Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tranquility
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tranquility is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
- Dunkinsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dunkinsville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkinsville
- Wheat Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wheat Ridge is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Ridge
- Harshasville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harshasville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshasville
- Moore ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moore is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Buck Run ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Buck Run is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Grove, with the one closest to Elm Grove listed first.
- Fincastle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fincastle is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
- Macon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Macon is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Grove, with the one closest to Elm Grove listed first.
- Sinking Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sinking Spring is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Elmville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elmville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmville
- Turkey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Turkey is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Barretts Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- North Uniontown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- North Uniontown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uniontown
- Marshall
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- New Petersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Berrysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Berrysville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrysville
- Folsom
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Folsom is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Greenfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bridges
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Hillsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Tree Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sugar Tree Ridge is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree Ridge
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Grove, with the one closest to Elm Grove listed first.
- Glade
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Glade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Limerick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Limerick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Jackson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ray
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Former names for Ray:
- Rays
- Raysville
- Coalton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Coalton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Petrea
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Petrea is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrea
- Lawrence County
- Rome
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rome is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Grove, with the one closest to Elm Grove listed first.
- Nipgen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Nipgen is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipgen
- Summithill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Summithill is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summithill
- Dills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Alma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alma is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Bainbridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Knockemstiff ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Knockemstiff is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knockemstiff
- Bourneville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Humboldt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Humboldt is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Massieville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Massieville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massieville
- Fruitdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Lattaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Deadman Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deadman Crossing is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadman Crossing
- North Fork Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- Scioto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Grove, with the one closest to Elm Grove listed first.
- Bear Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Rarden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Youngs is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
- Otway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Arion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Arion is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Lucasville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lombardsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lombardsville is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombardsville
- West Portsmouth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- West Portsmouth is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Portsmouth
- Minford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Purdy Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Purdy Corners is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Corners
- Rosemount
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rosemount is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemount
- New Boston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Portsmouth
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Greenup County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Grove, with the one closest to Elm Grove listed first.
- South Portsmouth
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- South Portsmouth is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Portsmouth
- South Shore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Frost
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Frost is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Lewis County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Grove, with the one closest to Elm Grove listed first.
- Firebrick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Firebrick is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firebrick
- Quincy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Quincy is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Buena Vista
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Garrison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Garrison is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Concord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Elm Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Elm Grove.
Cemeteries Near Elm Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elm Grove.
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 Elm Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elm Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elm Grove, with the one closest to Elm Grove listed first.
- Henry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Chestnut Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Brewer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mustard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Abbott Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Old Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Smith Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Parmore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ware Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Russell #1 Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yankee Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (651 more) ...
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Waldern Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Clay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
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.
Elm Grove itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 18 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elm Grove, with the one closest to Elm Grove listed first.
- Idaho
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Arkoe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Arkoe is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkoe
- Camp
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Camp is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp
- Jasper
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Latham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Joy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Joy is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Morgantown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Morgantown is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgantown
- Riverdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riverdale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Sedan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sedan is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Daleyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Daleyville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleyville
- Buchanan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Buchanan is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Byington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Byington is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byington
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Poplar Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Poplar Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Coopersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coopersville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopersville
- Sargents
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sargents is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elm Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elm Grove.
Newspapers Published in Elm Grove ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elm Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elm Grove, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elm Grove.
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 Elm Grove:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Brown County
- Highland County
- Jackson County
- Lawrence County
- Ross County
- Scioto County
- Greenup County
- Lewis County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Elm Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Elm Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |