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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 Fort Fizzle (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 Fort Fizzle. 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 Fort Fizzle ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Fort Fizzle: Ft. Fizzle
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 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.
Fort Fizzle is located in Holmes 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 Holmes County: Ashland, Coshocton, Knox, Stark, Tuscarawas & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Fort Fizzle. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fort Fizzle:
- Holmes County (The home county of Fort Fizzle)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Fizzle, with the one closest to Fort Fizzle listed first.
- Glenmont
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stillwell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Killbuck
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nashville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Miley Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Millersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Holmesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Benton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Berlin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Charm
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Hope
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Farmerstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Fizzle, with the one closest to Fort Fizzle listed first.
- Loudonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- McKay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Perrysville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hayesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Jeromesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mifflin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Rowsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Redhaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Ashland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Fizzle, with the one closest to Fort Fizzle listed first.
- Layland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Walhonding
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Nellie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Metham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Mohawk Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Warsaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Guilford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- West Bedford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- New Bedford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Canal Lewisville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Fizzle, with the one closest to Fort Fizzle listed first.
- Gann
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Buckeye City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Millwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Jelloway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Esto ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Nunda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Nunda is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
- Pipesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Amity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- North Liberty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Fizzle, with the one closest to Fort Fizzle listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Long Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Former names for Long Run:
- Colville
- Oberlin
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Reform
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Utica
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Louisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newton Mills ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newton Mills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Mills
- Wilkins Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkins Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins Run
- Ben
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Hanover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Morrow County
- Chesterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Fizzle, with the one closest to Fort Fizzle listed first.
- Trinway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Frazeysburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Dresden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Black Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Shannon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Nashport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Fizzle, with the one closest to Fort Fizzle listed first.
- Newville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Butler
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lucas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bellville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <1>
- Hanley Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
- Lexington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mansfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Fizzle, with the one closest to Fort Fizzle listed first.
- Wilmot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beach City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brewster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Justus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Fizzle, with the one closest to Fort Fizzle listed first.
- Baltic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Shanesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Barrs Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Dundee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stone Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Newcomerstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Strasburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Fizzle, with the one closest to Fort Fizzle listed first.
- Shreve
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Millbrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Moreland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Fredericksburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Funk
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- Jefferson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Apple Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Pittsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Pittsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Wooster
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mount Eaton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Devil Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
- Boys Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fort Fizzle, see our County-by-County Page for Fort Fizzle.
Cemeteries Near Fort Fizzle ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fort Fizzle.
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 Fort Fizzle - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fort Fizzle covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fort Fizzle, with the one closest to Fort Fizzle listed first.
- Bucy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Barnes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stillwell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wolf Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wolf Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Borden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brinkhaven Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tiverton Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (612 more) ...
- Tiverton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakhill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhill Cemetery
- The Oakhill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- Shrimplin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Fort Fizzle in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fort Fizzle.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fort Fizzle, with the one closest to Fort Fizzle listed first.
- Stillwell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Gann
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Killbuck
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Welcome
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Welcome is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Spring Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Spring Mountain is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mountain
- Layland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Paint Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Paint Valley is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Valley
- Nashville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Danville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Buckeye City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Walhonding
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Blissfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blissfield is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blissfield
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Metham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Helmick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Helmick is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmick
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fort Fizzle. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fort Fizzle.
Newspapers Published in Fort Fizzle ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Fizzle.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Fizzle, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fort Fizzle.
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 Fort Fizzle:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Holmes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Coshocton County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Morrow County
- Muskingum County
- Richland County
- Stark County
- Tuscarawas 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 Fort Fizzle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Fort Fizzle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |