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 Fairview (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 Fairview. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Fairview is located in Muskingum 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 Muskingum County: Coshocton, Guernsey, Licking, Morgan, Noble & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Fairview. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fairview:
- Muskingum County (The home county of Fairview)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Zanesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- South Zanesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Darlington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- North Zanesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Buckeye
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Pleasant Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Wortley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Fultonham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Gilbert
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Cannelville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- Philo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Rock Cut
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Hartleyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Glouster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Trimble
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Cooperdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Conesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- West Bedford
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- New Guilford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Coshocton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plainfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mohawk Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Nellie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Warsaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Canal Lewisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- West Lafayette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Metham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Fairfield Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Rushville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Rushville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Lakeside
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Millersport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasantville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Thurston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Baltimore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Claysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Cumberland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Abledell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Bluebell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Cambridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Oldham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Byesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pleasant City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Birds Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Buffalo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- New Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Jobs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
- Murray City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Pittsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Sand Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Carbon Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Orbiston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Orbiston is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orbiston
- Sand Run Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Bladensburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Martinsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Esto ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Gratiot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Brownsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Hanover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Ben
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Reform
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Harbor Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Heath
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Deavertown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Durant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Morganville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Malta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- McConnelsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Neelysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Westland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Reinersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Elliott Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Hackney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Stockport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Todds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Hoskinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Olive Green
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Belle Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Sharon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Roseville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Perry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Crooksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Redfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Clover Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Chalfants
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Glenford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rehoboth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Somerset
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Lexington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carthon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Junction City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Thornville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fairview, see our County-by-County Page for Fairview.
Cemeteries Near Fairview ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairview.
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 Fairview - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fairview covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- McKendree Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Springfield Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- United Jewish Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wesley Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Moxahala Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Timber Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Finley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jacob Cherry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Old St. Nicholas Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (589 more) ...
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 Fairview in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fairview.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- South Zanesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Zanesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- West Zanesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Zanesville
- Lewis ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Darlington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Muskingum ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Muskingum is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskingum
- Putnam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Putnam is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Dillon Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dillon Falls is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon Falls
- White Cottage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- White Cottage is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cottage
- Buckeye
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Oakland ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Brush Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brush Creek is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hopewell
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Fultonham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Sealover ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sealover is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sealover
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fairview. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fairview.
Newspapers Published in Fairview ...
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 130 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairview.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fairview, 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 Fairview.
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 Fairview:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Muskingum County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Coshocton County
- Fairfield County
- Guernsey County
- Hocking County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Noble County
- Perry 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 Fairview, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fairview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |