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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Ghormley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Ghormley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ghormley, 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 Ghormley (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 Ghormley. 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 doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Ghormley is historic, it would have been located within present day Fayette 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 Fayette County: Clinton, Greene, Highland, Madison, Pickaway & Ross.
Below are the counties that are near Ghormley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ghormley:
- Fayette County (The home county of Ghormley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ghormley, with the one closest to Ghormley listed first.
- Washington Court House
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Bloomingburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hagler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Milledgeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Yatesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Octa
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Cook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Jeffersonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ghormley, with the one closest to Ghormley listed first.
- Louden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Louden is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden
- May Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- May Hill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Hill
- Locust Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Locust Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Brown County
- Saint Martin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Martin is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martin
- Estimated population in 2011: 128 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ghormley, with the one closest to Ghormley listed first.
- Memphis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Lees Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Sabina
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- New Vienna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Clinton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Morrisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Morrisville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Port William
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Martinsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Martinsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Wilmington
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Midland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Midland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
- Westboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Westboro is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- North Kingman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- Franklin County
- Harrisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ghormley, with the one closest to Ghormley listed first.
- Bowersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Jamestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grape Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Shawnee Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- New Jasper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ghormley, with the one closest to Ghormley listed first.
- Greenfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Monroe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- New Petersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Bridges
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Leesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Highland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Highland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Barretts Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Marshall
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Marshall is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Hillsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Willettsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Willettsville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willettsville
- Berrysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Berrysville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrysville
- Hoagland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hoagland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoagland
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ghormley, with the one closest to Ghormley listed first.
- Midway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Sterling
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Range
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- South Solon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Chrisman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ghormley, with the one closest to Ghormley listed first.
- New Holland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grange Hall
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Williamsport
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pherson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Elmwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Darbyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Fox
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Logan Elm Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Circleville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Matville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Thacher
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Knollwood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ghormley, with the one closest to Ghormley listed first.
- Cynthiana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cynthiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthiana
- Spellman Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Spellman Crossing is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spellman Crossing
- Newfain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Newfain is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfain
- Latham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Poplar Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Poplar Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Peck
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Waverly City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly City
- Estimated population in 2011: 4,395 people
- Waverly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Village
- Glen Jean
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Jean is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Jean
- Jasper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Piketon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ghormley, with the one closest to Ghormley listed first.
- South Salem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Austin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Humboldt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Humboldt is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Frankfort
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Roxabell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- Lattaville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Musselman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Clarksburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Bainbridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bourneville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Dills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ghormley, see our County-by-County Page for Ghormley.
Cemeteries Near Ghormley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ghormley.
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 Ghormley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ghormley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ghormley, with the one closest to Ghormley listed first.
- Rogers McElwain Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rogers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stuckey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sollars Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rock Mills Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sheep Pen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Pen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sheep Pen Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Greenfield.
- The Sheep Pen Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gustin Cemetery
- Limes Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43392 <4>
- Greenfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- DePoy - Wright Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DePoy - Wright Cemetery
- The DePoy - Wright Cemetery has also been known as:
- DePoy Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
- Cochran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Walnut Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (567 more) ...
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Old Stone Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Waugh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh Cemetery
- The Waugh Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
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.
Ghormley itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ghormley, with the one closest to Ghormley listed first.
- Good Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Good Hope is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- New Martinsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Martinsburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Martinsburg
- Greenfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Thrifton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Thrifton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrifton
- Lyndon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lyndon is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon
- South Salem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harper is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Fairview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- McLean
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- McLean is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLean
- East Monroe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Fruitdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Staunton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Staunton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Austin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Washington Court House
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Humboldt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Humboldt is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ghormley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ghormley.
Newspapers Published in Ghormley ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ghormley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ghormley, 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 Ghormley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Ghormley:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Brown County
- Clinton County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Highland County
- Madison County
- Pickaway County
- Pike County
- Ross 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 Ghormley, 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 '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- Ghormley) 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. |