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 Glenford (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 Glenford. 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 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.
Glenford is located in Perry 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 Perry County: Athens, Fairfield, Hocking, Licking, Morgan & Muskingum.
Below are the counties that are near Glenford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glenford:
- Perry County (The home county of Glenford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenford, with the one closest to Glenford listed first.
- Chalfants
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Mount Perry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Somerset
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Thornville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Carthon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Avalon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Redfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Junction City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clover Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Rehoboth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- New Lexington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Crooksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenford, with the one closest to Glenford listed first.
- Hartleyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Bessemer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Glouster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buchtel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Nelsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Trimble
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenford, with the one closest to Glenford listed first.
- Cooperdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- West Bedford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- New Guilford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Conesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenford, with the one closest to Glenford listed first.
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenford, with the one closest to Glenford listed first.
- Fairfield Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Rushville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Rushville
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Lakeside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Pleasantville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millersport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Thurston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Baltimore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lancaster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Sugar Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenford, with the one closest to Glenford listed first.
- Oakland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Canal Winchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Reynoldsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Blacklick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Havens Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Havens Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Corners
- New Albany
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Albany is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,072 people
- Blacklick Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Hibernia ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hibernia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Big Walnut is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Edgewater Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Groveport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenford, with the one closest to Glenford listed first.
- Rockbridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Logan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Logan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Sand Run Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Carbon Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- New Pittsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- New Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Sand Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Jobs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
- Murray City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Candy Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- Orbiston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Orbiston is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orbiston
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenford, with the one closest to Glenford listed first.
- Martinsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bladensburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenford, with the one closest to Glenford listed first.
- Brownsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Harbor Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Gratiot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Buckeye Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hebron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Heath
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Central City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Central City is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenford, with the one closest to Glenford listed first.
- Deavertown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Durant
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Morganville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Malta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- McConnelsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenford, with the one closest to Glenford listed first.
- Fultonham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Nashport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- South Zanesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Zanesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Black Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Buckeye
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Cannelville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- North Zanesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Wortley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Shannon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Frazeysburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Glenford, see our County-by-County Page for Glenford.
Cemeteries Near Glenford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glenford.
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 Glenford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glenford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glenford, with the one closest to Glenford listed first.
- Highland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Good Hope Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Olivet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Reformed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kemper Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Crists Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Reading Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Linnville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (608 more) ...
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Somerset Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hopewell Baptist 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 Glenford had a population of 96 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Glenford had a population of 169 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Glenford, with the one closest to Glenford listed first.
- Glass Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Glass Rock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass Rock
- Yost
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Yost is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yost
- Chalfants
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Ziontown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ziontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ziontown
- Linnville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Linnville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linnville
- Somerset
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mount Perry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Brownsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Thornport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Thornport is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornport
- Thornville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sego
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sego is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sego
- Wellan ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wellan is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellan
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Gratiot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Jacksontown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Salem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- New Salem is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Glenford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glenford.
Newspapers Published in Glenford ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glenford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glenford, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glenford.
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 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 Glenford:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Coshocton County
- Delaware County
- Fairfield County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum 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 Glenford, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Glenford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |