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 Glen Echo (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 Glen Echo. 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.
Glen Echo is located in Clark 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 Clark County: Champaign, Greene, Madison, Miami & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near Glen Echo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glen Echo:
- Clark County (The home county of Glen Echo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Echo, with the one closest to Glen Echo listed first.
- Northridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Oakwood Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- Eagle City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Tremont City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Greenlawn Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Villa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- New Moorefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Lawrenceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Springfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kenwood Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Dialton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Echo, with the one closest to Glen Echo listed first.
- Powhattan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Urbana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Westville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Mutual
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Kingscreek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Millerstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Saint Paris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Christiansburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mingo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Woodstock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Echo, with the one closest to Glen Echo listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Octa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Yatesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Milledgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Franklin County
- Lake Darby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Darby is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Darby
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Echo, with the one closest to Glen Echo listed first.
- Clifton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Yellow Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cedarville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fairborn
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Grape Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Wilberforce
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Trebein
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Trebein is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein
- Trebein has also been known as:
- Beaver Station
- Beaver
- Frost Station
- Pickeneyville
- Pinckneyvile
- Jamestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Xenia
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New Jasper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Beavercreek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Echo, with the one closest to Glen Echo listed first.
- West Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- De Graff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Valley Hi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Middleburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Zanesfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bellefontaine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Logansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Huntsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marl City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- West Mansfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Echo, with the one closest to Glen Echo listed first.
- Choctaw Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Summerford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Plumwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- London
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Solon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Chuckery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Gillivan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Chrisman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Midway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Range
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Jefferson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Echo, with the one closest to Glen Echo listed first.
- Alcony
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Conover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Casstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fletcher
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Tipp City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Troy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Piqua
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kessler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Ludlow Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- West Milton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Echo, with the one closest to Glen Echo listed first.
- Huber Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Hooks Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Riverside
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Vandalia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Northridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Dayton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Shiloh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Northview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Oakwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,919 people
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Echo, with the one closest to Glen Echo listed first.
- Riverside
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Pasco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Lockington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Port Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sidney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Hardin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Echo, with the one closest to Glen Echo listed first.
- Milford Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Marysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Raymond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Glen Echo, see our County-by-County Page for Glen Echo.
Cemeteries Near Glen Echo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glen Echo.
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 Glen Echo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glen Echo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glen Echo, with the one closest to Glen Echo listed first.
- Rector Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Bernard Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Bernard Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Springfield.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43077 <2>
- Childrens Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Moorefield Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ferncliff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Comer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Graybill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (520 more) ...
- Cook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Callison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shockey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Glen Echo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Glen Echo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Glen Echo, with the one closest to Glen Echo listed first.
- Bowlusville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bowlusville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlusville
- Eagle City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Tremont City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Villa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Lawrenceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Lagonda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lagonda is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagonda
- New Moorefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Springfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Terre Haute
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Terre Haute is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Haute
- Westville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Urbana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dialton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- North Hampton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Durbin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Durbin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Beatty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Beatty is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Glen Echo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glen Echo.
Newspapers Published in Glen Echo ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glen Echo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glen Echo, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glen Echo.
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 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 Glen Echo:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Shelby County
- Union 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 Glen Echo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Glen Echo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |