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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Front Royal. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Front Royal to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Front Royal, please Contact Us.
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 Front Royal (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 Front Royal. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Front Royal is historic, it would have been located within present day Knox 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 Knox County: Coshocton, Delaware, Holmes, Licking, Morrow & Richland.
Below are the counties that are near Front Royal. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Front Royal:
- Knox County (The home county of Front Royal)
- The following are listed by their distance from Front Royal, with the one closest to Front Royal listed first.
- Bladensburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Esto ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Pipesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Martinsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Millwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Gambier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Buckeye City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hunt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Gann
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fleaville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Fleaville has also been known as:
- Fleaville City
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Front Royal, with the one closest to Front Royal listed first.
- Loudonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Perrysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- McKay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Front Royal, with the one closest to Front Royal listed first.
- New Guilford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Walhonding
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mohawk Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Nellie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- West Bedford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Cooperdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Warsaw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Metham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Layland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Conesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Coshocton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Front Royal, with the one closest to Front Royal listed first.
- Peerless ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Peerless is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Peerless has also been known as:
- Peerless Station
- Condit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condit
- Green ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- North Condit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- North Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Condit
- South Condit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- South Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Condit
- Culver Creek ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Culver Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver Creek
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- East Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Liberty is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Liberty
- Olive Green
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Olive Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Vans Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Vans Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- Center Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Stark's Corners ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stark's Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark's Corners
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Front Royal, with the one closest to Front Royal listed first.
- Fairfield Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Lakeside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Front Royal, with the one closest to Front Royal listed first.
- Stillwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Glenmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Killbuck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nashville
(21 miles [33.8 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Millersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Charm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Holmesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Benton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Berlin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Farmerstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Front Royal, with the one closest to Front Royal listed first.
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Utica
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Reform
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Saint Louisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkins Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wilkins Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins Run
- Newton Mills ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newton Mills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Mills
- Ben
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Chatham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chatham is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Front Royal, with the one closest to Front Royal listed first.
- Sparta
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Chesterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vails Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Marengo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Front Royal, with the one closest to Front Royal listed first.
- Black Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Frazeysburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nashport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dresden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shannon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Trinway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Rock Cut
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Gilbert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Adamsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Zanesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Wortley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Zanesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Front Royal, with the one closest to Front Royal listed first.
- Glenford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Chalfants
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Mount Perry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Thornville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Front Royal, with the one closest to Front Royal listed first.
- Butler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Bellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <2>
- Lucas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wayne County
- Shreve
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Front Royal, see our County-by-County Page for Front Royal.
Cemeteries Near Front Royal ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Front Royal.
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 Front Royal - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Front Royal covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Front Royal, with the one closest to Front Royal listed first.
- Bladensburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dennis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kemmerer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Campbell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Zion Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southeast of Bladensburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1981874 <4>
- Butler Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Guilford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Matthews Episcopal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Scott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Flint Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Martinsburg Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (506 more) ...
- Martinsburg Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Perry Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Newcastle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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.
While we didn't find Front Royal in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Front Royal.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Front Royal, with the one closest to Front Royal listed first.
- Bladensburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Esto ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Pipesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Martinsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- New Guilford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Long Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Former names for Long Run:
- Colville
- Oberlin
- Fallsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fallsburg is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallsburg
- Millwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Walhonding
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Carlisle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Carlisle is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carlisle
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Howard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gambier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Morgan Center is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Center
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Front Royal. See our List of 1890's Communities around Front Royal.
Newspapers Published in Front Royal ...
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 Front Royal.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Front Royal, 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 Front Royal.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Front Royal:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Knox County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Coshocton County
- Delaware County
- Fairfield County
- Holmes County
- Licking County
- Morrow County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Richland County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Front Royal, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Front Royal) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |