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 Frazeysburg (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 Frazeysburg. 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 and doctors 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.
Frazeysburg 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 Frazeysburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Frazeysburg:
- Muskingum County (The home county of Frazeysburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frazeysburg, with the one closest to Frazeysburg listed first.
- Shannon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Black Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Nashport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dresden
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Trinway
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rock Cut
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Gilbert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- North Zanesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Adamsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wortley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Zanesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frazeysburg, with the one closest to Frazeysburg listed first.
- Cooperdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- West Bedford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Conesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- New Guilford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Mohawk Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Nellie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Walhonding
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Warsaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Coshocton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Metham
(18 miles [29 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 Frazeysburg, with the one closest to Frazeysburg listed first.
- Fairfield Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Lakeside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Millersport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rushville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thurston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Pleasantville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Rushville
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frazeysburg, with the one closest to Frazeysburg listed first.
- Birds Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Abledell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Claysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Meadow Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Oldham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Cambridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kimbolton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cumberland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frazeysburg, with the one closest to Frazeysburg listed first.
- Stillwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Glenmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Killbuck
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frazeysburg, with the one closest to Frazeysburg listed first.
- Bladensburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Esto ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Martinsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Pipesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Millwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Buckeye City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gambier
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hunt
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Gann
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frazeysburg, with the one closest to Frazeysburg listed first.
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Reform
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Hanover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Long Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Former names for Long Run:
- Colville
- Oberlin
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Ben
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Gratiot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frazeysburg, with the one closest to Frazeysburg listed first.
- Deavertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Durant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frazeysburg, with the one closest to Frazeysburg listed first.
- Mount Perry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Chalfants
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Glenford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Roseville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Redfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Thornville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clover Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Somerset
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Crooksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rehoboth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Carthon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- New Lexington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frazeysburg, with the one closest to Frazeysburg listed first.
- Newcomerstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Postboy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Frazeysburg, see our County-by-County Page for Frazeysburg.
Cemeteries Near Frazeysburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Frazeysburg.
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 Frazeysburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Frazeysburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Frazeysburg, with the one closest to Frazeysburg listed first.
- Frazeysburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cody Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Christian Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Shannon Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shannon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shannon Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Shannon
- The Shannon Cemetery has also been known as:
- Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2363358 <2>
- Hoppers Grove Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Burch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- VanVorrhis Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for VanVorrhis Family Cemetery
- The VanVorrhis Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Van Vorhis Cemetery
- Van Vorrhis Family Cemetery
- Irville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irville Cemetery
- The Irville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Irville - Nashport Cemetery
- Covenanter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (535 more) ...
- Perryton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Norris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mattingly Settlement Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Frazeysburg had a population of 610 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Frazeysburg had a population of 1,315 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Frazeysburg, with the one closest to Frazeysburg listed first.
- Black Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Nashport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Perryton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Perryton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryton
- Dresden
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Trinway
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Toboso
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Toboso is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toboso
- Claypools ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Claypools is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypools
- Pleasant Valley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Wakatomika
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wakatomika is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakatomika
- West Carlisle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Carlisle is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carlisle
- Cottage Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage Hill is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
- Cooperdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Reform
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Hanover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Ellis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ellis is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Frazeysburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Frazeysburg.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Frazeysburg ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Frazeysburg.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Frazeysburg. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Frazeysburg and those printed in the larger area surrounding Frazeysburg.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> of Frazeysburg.
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 Frazeysburg:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Muskingum County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coshocton County
- Fairfield County
- Guernsey County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Perry County
- Tuscarawas 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 Frazeysburg, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Frazeysburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |