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 Florence (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 Florence. 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 hospitals 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.
Florence is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Champaign, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Pickaway & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Florence. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Florence:
- Madison County (The home county of Florence)
- The following are listed by their distance from Florence, with the one closest to Florence listed first.
- London
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Summerford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Choctaw Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Midway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- South Solon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Chrisman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Range
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Plumwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Gillivan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Jefferson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Mount Sterling
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Florence, with the one closest to Florence listed first.
- Mechanicsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Powhattan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Mutual
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Urbana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Kingscreek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Westville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Mingo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- North Lewisburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Christiansburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Saint Paris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Florence, with the one closest to Florence listed first.
- Lisbon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lisbon is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- South Charleston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Vienna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cortsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cortsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville
- Catawba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Catawba is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- New Moorefield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Villa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Kenwood Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Shawnee Acres
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shawnee Acres is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Acres
- Oakwood Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- Green Hedges
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Green Hedges is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hedges
- Springfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Greenlawn Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Florence, with the one closest to Florence listed first.
- Port William
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Sabina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Clinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- New Burlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- Lees Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Memphis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Delaware County
- Shawnee Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Florence, with the one closest to Florence listed first.
- Yatesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Jeffersonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Octa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Milledgeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Cook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Hagler
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Bloomingburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Washington Court House
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Washington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Florence, with the one closest to Florence listed first.
- Darby Park ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Darby Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby Park
- Lake Darby
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Darby is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Darby
- Darbydale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Darbydale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbydale
- Alton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Alton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Galloway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Harrisburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- New Rome
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- New Rome is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rome
- Pleasant Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corners
- Deems ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Deems is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deems
- Lincoln Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Mudsock ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mudsock is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudsock
- Ridpath ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ridpath is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridpath
- Hilliard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Florence, with the one closest to Florence listed first.
- Grape Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Cedarville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jamestown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shawnee Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- Yellow Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- New Jasper
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Wilberforce
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bowersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Pinewood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Xenia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fairborn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Trebein
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Trebein is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein
- Trebein has also been known as:
- Beaver Station
- Beaver
- Frost Station
- Pickeneyville
- Pinckneyvile
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Florence, with the one closest to Florence listed first.
- Middleburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- West Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Miami County
- Alcony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Florence, with the one closest to Florence listed first.
- Sulphur Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Huber Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Florence, with the one closest to Florence listed first.
- Orient
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Matville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Grange Hall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Darbyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- New Holland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Commercial Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pherson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Williamsport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Shelby County
- Riverside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Florence, with the one closest to Florence listed first.
- Unionville Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Milford Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New California
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Marysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jerome
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- New Dover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Florence, see our County-by-County Page for Florence.
Cemeteries Near Florence ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Florence.
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 Florence - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Florence covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Florence, with the one closest to Florence listed first.
- Williams Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Paint Twp. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Infirmary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Correll Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Evans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kirkwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Charles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sifrit Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kilgore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (476 more) ...
- Institution Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plattsburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Florence had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Florence, with the one closest to Florence listed first.
- Myers ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Myers is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- South Charleston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Plattsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plattsburg is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- London
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Summerford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- South Solon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Oxtoby ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oxtoby is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxtoby
- Thorps
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Thorps is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorps
- Selma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Selma is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Bookwalter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bookwalter is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookwalter
- Lafayette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lafayette is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette
- Gladstone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gladstone is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Blessing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Blessing is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blessing
- Range
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Grape Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Florence. See our List of 1890's Communities around Florence.
Newspapers Published in Florence ...
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 166 newspapers that have been published in the area around Florence.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Florence, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Florence.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Florence:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Clinton County
- Delaware County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Pickaway County
- Shelby County
- Union 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 Florence, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Florence) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |