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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 Fiat (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 Fiat. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Fiat is located in Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas County: Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes, Stark & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Fiat. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fiat:
- Tuscarawas County (The home county of Fiat)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fiat, with the one closest to Fiat listed first.
- Baltic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stone Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shanesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wolf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Barrs Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Port Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Old Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Old Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Newcomerstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dundee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fiat, with the one closest to Fiat listed first.
- Sherrodsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Atwood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Leesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Queensboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Leavittsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Dellroy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Valleyview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- New Harrisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fiat, with the one closest to Fiat listed first.
- Chili
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- New Bedford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fresno
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- West Lafayette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Plainfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Coshocton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Layland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Metham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Warsaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Conesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fiat, with the one closest to Fiat listed first.
- Birds Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Birmingham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Odell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Oldham
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Clio ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Brady ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Winterset
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Antrim
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Antrim is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
- Cambridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Londonderry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Londonderry is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fiat, with the one closest to Fiat listed first.
- Feed Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Station Fifteen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Bowerston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tappan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Deersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Freeport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Conotton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Smyrna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Scio
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fiat, with the one closest to Fiat listed first.
- Farmerstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Benton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Millersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Killbuck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Holmesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Glenmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Miley Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Nashville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fiat, with the one closest to Fiat listed first.
- Gann
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Esto ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fiat, with the one closest to Fiat listed first.
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Adamsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trinway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dresden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Norwich
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fiat, with the one closest to Fiat listed first.
- Wilmot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Beach City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Justus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Brewster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Navarre
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Navarre Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Lake Sherman Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- East Sparta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Richville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Westarado
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Fohl Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fohl Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fohl Village
- Magnolia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fiat, with the one closest to Fiat listed first.
- Mount Eaton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fredericksburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Moreland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Dalton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Shreve
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Union
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Millbrook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Burton City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Orrville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wooster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fiat, see our County-by-County Page for Fiat.
Cemeteries Near Fiat ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fiat.
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 Fiat - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fiat covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fiat, with the one closest to Fiat listed first.
- Fiat Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat Cemetery
- The Fiat Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gonters German Lutheran Cemetery
- Lint Cemetery
- St. Peter's UCC Cemetery
- St. Paul UCC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul UCC Cemetery
- The St. Paul UCC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Renners Church Cemetery
- Evans Creek Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Jacobs Reformed Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Baltic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bakersville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fisher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ragersville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Selton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Berger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (651 more) ...
- Halifax Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Cemetery
- The Halifax Cemetery has also been known as:
- East Lawn Cemetery
- Halifax East Lawn Cemetery
- Halifax Zion Cemetery
- Lower Cemetery
- Thomas Cemetery
- Halifax United Brethren Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Campbell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Fiat in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fiat.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fiat, with the one closest to Fiat listed first.
- Baltic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ragersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ragersville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragersville
- Pearl
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pearl is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Bakersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bakersville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- Chili
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Stone Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Bedford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Blackband
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Blackband is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackband
- Farmerstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Sugarcreek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shanesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Wolf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Yorktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Yorktown is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Walnut Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Port Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fiat. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fiat.
Newspapers Published in Fiat ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fiat.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fiat, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fiat.
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 Fiat:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Tuscarawas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Muskingum County
- Stark County
- Wayne 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> | 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 Fiat, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Fiat) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |