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 Gettysburg (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 Gettysburg. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Gettysburg is located in Preble 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 Preble County: Union (IN), Wayne (IN), Butler, Darke & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near Gettysburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gettysburg:
- Preble County (The home county of Gettysburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gettysburg, with the one closest to Gettysburg listed first.
- New Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- New Paris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Eldorado
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- West Manchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eaton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Euphemia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Corvin ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Corvin is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin
- Lake Lakengren
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren
- West Alexandria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Verona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Camden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gettysburg, with the one closest to Gettysburg listed first.
- Somerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Contreras
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Contreras is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras
- Oxford
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Astoria
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Astoria is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
- Jacksonburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonburg is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Poast Town Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Poast Town Heights is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Heights
- Seven Mile
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Seven Mile is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile
- Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
- Miltonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Miltonville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonville
- Poast Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Poast Town is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town
- Hanover ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hanover is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Peoria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Peoria is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Middletown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gettysburg, with the one closest to Gettysburg listed first.
- New Madison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Castine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Savona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Hollansburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hollansburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollansburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Ithaca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Wayne Lakes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wayne Lakes is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Wayne Lakes has also been known as:
- Wayne Lakes Park
- Gordon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Fort Jefferson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Arcanum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Palestine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Abbottsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Long
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Long is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gettysburg, with the one closest to Gettysburg listed first.
- Potsdam
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Garland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Laura
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ludlow Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- West Milton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kessler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Pleasant Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bradford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Covington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Covington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ginghamsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Bloomer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gettysburg, with the one closest to Gettysburg listed first.
- Pyrmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Wengerlawn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Arlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Kreitzer Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kreitzer Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreitzer Corner
- Brookville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Phillipsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Airhill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Airhill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill
- New Lebanon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Farmersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Clayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Voyager Village West
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Voyager Village West is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voyager Village West
- Englewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Warren County
- Franklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Williams County
- Franklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Fayette County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gettysburg, with the one closest to Gettysburg listed first.
- Springersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Springersville is located in Fayette County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springersville
- Bentonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bentonville is located in Fayette County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Connersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisburg is located in Fayette County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Everton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Everton is located in Fayette County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everton
- Nulltown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nulltown is located in Fayette County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nulltown
- Franklin County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gettysburg, with the one closest to Gettysburg listed first.
- Bath
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bath is located in Franklin County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Peoria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Peoria is located in Franklin County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Henry County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gettysburg, with the one closest to Gettysburg listed first.
- Millville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Millville is located in Henry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- New Lisbon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- New Lisbon is located in Henry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- Corwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Corwin is located in Henry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Mooreland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mooreland is located in Henry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Straughn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gettysburg, with the one closest to Gettysburg listed first.
- Arba
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Spartanburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Lynn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <1>
- Bloomingport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingport is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport
- Snow Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Rural
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Haysville Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Union City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Modoc
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Winchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Losantville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saratoga
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Union County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gettysburg, with the one closest to Gettysburg listed first.
- Goodwins Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goodwins Corner is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner
- Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yankee Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yankee Town is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Town
- West College Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Brownsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Contreras
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Contreras is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras
- Billingsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Billingsville is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billingsville
- Wayne County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gettysburg, with the one closest to Gettysburg listed first.
- Whitewater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Boston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Chester is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Richmond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Spring Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Spring Grove is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Webster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Webster is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Fountain City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Abington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Abington is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Centerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Greens Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pennville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pennville is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gettysburg, see our County-by-County Page for Gettysburg.
Cemeteries Near Gettysburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gettysburg.
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 Gettysburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gettysburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gettysburg, with the one closest to Gettysburg listed first.
- Gettysburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stump Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sherer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Prices Creek German Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of New Hope.
- The New Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bonebrake Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980558 <3>
- Petry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hamburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Westville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spacht Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wares Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (444 more) ...
- Frame Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Zion Church Graveyard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Gettysburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gettysburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gettysburg, with the one closest to Gettysburg listed first.
- Ebenezer
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ebenezer is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- New Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- New Paris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Westville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Westville is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Westville
- Campbellstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Campbellstown is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellstown
- Eldorado
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Wiley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wiley is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiley
- West Manchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Florence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Florence is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Florence
- Eaton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Castine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- New Madison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Boston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corvin ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Corvin is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin
- Lewisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gettysburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gettysburg.
Newspapers Published in Gettysburg ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gettysburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gettysburg, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gettysburg.
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 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 Gettysburg:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Preble County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Darke County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Warren County
- Williams County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Henry County
- Randolph County
- Union 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Gettysburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Gettysburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |