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 Enterprise (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 Enterprise. 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.
Enterprise is located in Hocking 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 Hocking County : Athens , Fairfield , Perry , Pickaway , Ross & Vinton .
Below are the counties that are near Enterprise. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Enterprise:
Hocking County (The home county of Enterprise)
The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
Rockbridge (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
West Logan (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
West Logan is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan Logan (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Gibisonville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Gibisonville is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville Rockhouse ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Rockhouse is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse Union Furnace (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Union Furnace is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace Mount Pleasant (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant Sand Run Junction (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction South Bloomingville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Carbon Hill (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill Sand Run (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Sand Run is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Candy Town (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Candy Town is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town Laurelville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Athens County
The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
Nelsonville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Bessemer (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Bessemer is located in Athens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer Buchtel (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Buchtel is located in Athens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
Carbondale (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Carbondale is located in Athens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale King's Station ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
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 Greens Run (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Greens Run is located in Athens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run Hartleyville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Hartleyville is located in Athens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville Mineral (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Mineral is located in Athens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Glouster (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Trimble (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Truetown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Truetown is located in Athens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truetown Chauncey (21 miles [33.8 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
Jacksonville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Jacksonville is located in Athens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
Fairfield County
The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
Sugar Grove (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Revenge ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Revenge is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge Tarhe Town ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town Lancaster (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
West Rushville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
West Rushville is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
Delmont ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Delmont is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont Rushville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Amanda (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Pleasantville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Stoutsville (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Thurston (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Thurston is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
Cedar Hill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill Baltimore (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Franklin County
The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
Canal Winchester (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Groveport (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Brice (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Jackson County
The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise 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 (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Licking County
The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
Buckeye Lake (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Harbor Hills (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Harbor Hills is located in Licking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills Reservoir ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Reservoir is located in Licking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir Atherton ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Atherton is located in Licking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton Hebron (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Kirkersville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Kirkersville is located in Licking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
Moscow ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Moscow is located in Licking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow Brownsville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Etna (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Outville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Outville is located in Licking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville Gratiot (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Gratiot is located in Licking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
Meigs County
Point Rock (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Point Rock is located in Meigs County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock Morgan County
The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
Deavertown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Deavertown is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown Wrightstown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Wrightstown is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown Elliott Crossroads (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads Morganville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Morganville is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville Morganville has also been known as:
Morgan Wolf Creek Joy (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Joy is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy Westland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Westland is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland Muskingum County
The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
Fultonham (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Fultonham is located in Muskingum County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
Cannelville (30 miles [48.3 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 Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
New Straitsville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Avalon (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Avalon is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon Shawnee (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Carthon (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Carthon is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon Junction City (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Hemlock (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Hemlock is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
Ludington (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Ludington is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington New Lexington (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Drakes (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Drakes is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes Congo (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Congo is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo Rehoboth (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Rehoboth is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth Somerset (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Corning (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Pickaway County
The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
Huntsville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Huntsville is located in Pickaway County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville Tarlton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
East Ringgold (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold Thacher (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Thacher is located in Pickaway County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher Thacher has also been known as:
Livington Thatcher Corners Knollwood Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village Circleville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Elmwood (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Elmwood is located in Pickaway County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Logan Elm Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village Saint Paul (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul Ashville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Fox (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Fox is located in Pickaway County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Duvall (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Duvall is located in Pickaway County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall South Bloomfield (29 miles [46.7 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
Ross County
The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
Adelphi (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Kingston (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Yellowbud (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Yellowbud is located in Ross County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud Riton ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Riton is located in Ross County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton Schooley (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Schooley is located in Ross County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schooley Schooley has also been known as:
Schooley Station Richmond Dale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Richmond Dale is located in Ross County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Dale Andersonville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Andersonville is located in Ross County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville Vinton County
The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
Stella (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Stella is located in Vinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella Hope ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Hope is located in Vinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Zaleski (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Moonville ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Moonville is located in Vinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville McArthur (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Ural ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Ural is located in Vinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural Dundas (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Dundas is located in Vinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas Richland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Richland is located in Vinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Oreton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Oreton is located in Vinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreton Arbaugh (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Arbaugh is located in Vinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbaugh Hamden (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Vales Mills (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Vales Mills is located in Vinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vales Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Enterprise, see our County-by-County Page for Enterprise .
Cemeteries Near Enterprise ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Enterprise.
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 Enterprise - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Enterprise covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
Antioch Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Fairview Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Kline Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Centenary Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
St. John Lutheran Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Old Lutheran Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Pleasant Valley Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Nihizer Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Trinity Sponagle Lutheran Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Union Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Oak Grove Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Evangelical Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (651 more) ...
Pleasant Hill UMC Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill UMC Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Hill UMC Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> Logan . The Pleasant Hill UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
Evangelical Church Cemetery Pleasant Hill Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2157765 <2>
Mt. Tabor Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Whippoorwill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Enterprise had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
Rockbridge (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Logan (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Sugar Grove (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Blackjack (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Blackjack is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack Ewing (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Ewing is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing Webb Summit (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Webb Summit is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Summit Joe ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Joe is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe Rockhouse ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Rockhouse is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse Maxville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Maxville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville Cedar Grove (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Cedar Grove is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Union Furnace (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Union Furnace is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace Haydenville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Haydenville is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydenville Continue List (16 more) ...
Gore (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Gore is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore North Berne (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
North Berne is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Berne Revenge ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Revenge is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Enterprise. See our List of 1890's Communities around Enterprise .
Newspapers Published in Enterprise ...
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 118 newspapers that have been published in the area around Enterprise.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Enterprise, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Enterprise.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Enterprise:
Websites specific to Ohio Pages specific to Hocking County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Athens County Fairfield County Franklin County Jackson County Licking County Meigs County Morgan County Muskingum County Perry County Pickaway County Ross County Vinton County Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Enterprise. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 from Point A (ie- Enterprise) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Enterprise, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.