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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Goose Run. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Goose Run to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Goose Run, 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 Goose Run (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 Goose Run. 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 hospitals and doctors 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 Goose Run is historic, it would have been located within present day Athens 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 Athens County: Hocking, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton, Washington & Wood (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Goose Run. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Goose Run:
- Athens County (The home county of Goose Run)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goose Run, with the one closest to Goose Run listed first.
- Greens Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
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- Buchtel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Glouster
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Trimble
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Truetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Truetown is located in Athens County
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- Bessemer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
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- Jacksonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Hartleyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Nelsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chauncey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chauncey is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
- Liars Corner ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Liars Corner is located in Athens County
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- Mount Nebo ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Nebo is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Nebo
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goose Run, with the one closest to Goose Run listed first.
- Sugar Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rushville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Rushville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Lancaster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Pleasantville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goose Run, with the one closest to Goose Run listed first.
- Murray City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Orbiston
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Orbiston is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orbiston
- Jobs
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
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- New Pittsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
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- New Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
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- Candy Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- Carbon Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Sand Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Sand Run Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Union Furnace
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
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- Logan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- West Logan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goose Run, with the one closest to Goose Run listed first.
- Point Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Point Rock is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
- Tuppers Plains
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dexter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dexter is located in Meigs County
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- Lima
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lima is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Langsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Langsville is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langsville
- Rutland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goose Run, with the one closest to Goose Run listed first.
- Wrightstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wrightstown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Elliott Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Joy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Joy is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Westland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Morganville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Chesterhill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Todds
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
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- Deavertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
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- Malta
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Stockport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- McConnelsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Eagleport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goose Run, with the one closest to Goose Run listed first.
- Cannelville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- Fultonham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Blue Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Museville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
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- Buckeye
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
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- Philo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Zanesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- McDonald
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
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- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goose Run, with the one closest to Goose Run listed first.
- Hemlock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hemlock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Ludington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ludington is located in Perry County
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- Drakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Drakes is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes
- New Straitsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Congo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Congo is located in Perry County
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- Corning
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shawnee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rendville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
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- San Toy ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- San Toy is located in Perry County
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- San Toy has also been known as:
- Santoy
- New Lexington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Junction City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goose Run, with the one closest to Goose Run listed first.
- Hope ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
- Zaleski
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ural ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
- Vales Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Vales Mills is located in Vinton County
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- Stella
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Arbaugh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Arbaugh is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbaugh
- McArthur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dundas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dundas is located in Vinton County
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- Oreton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oreton is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreton
- Wilkesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wilkesville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Hamden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goose Run, with the one closest to Goose Run listed first.
- Wolf Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wolf Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Luke Chute
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Chute
- Decaturville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Decaturville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decaturville
- Napier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Napier is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier
- Fillmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fillmore is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Barlow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Barlow is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Vincent
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Vincent is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- Beverly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Watertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Watertown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Redbush
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Redbush is located in Washington County
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- Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Corner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner
- Porterfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Porterfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterfield
- Wood County (WV)
- Washington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Goose Run, see our County-by-County Page for Goose Run.
Cemeteries Near Goose Run ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Goose Run.
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 Goose Run - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Goose Run covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Goose Run, with the one closest to Goose Run listed first.
- Bethel Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Murray City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Buchtel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whitmore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rush Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dew Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- True Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Taylor Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Russell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sands Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (710 more) ...
- Queen of Heaven Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dixon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ft. Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Goose Run in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Goose Run.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Goose Run, with the one closest to Goose Run listed first.
- Orbiston
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Orbiston is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orbiston
- Derthick
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Derthick is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derthick
- Murray City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jobs
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
- Buchtel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Hollister
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hollister is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- New Pittsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Trimble
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Glouster
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oakdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Longstreth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Longstreth is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longstreth
- Monday
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Monday is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monday
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Nelsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Hartleyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Goose Run. See our List of 1890's Communities around Goose Run.
Newspapers Published in Goose Run ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Goose Run.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Goose Run, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Goose Run.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Goose Run:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Athens County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fairfield County
- Hocking County
- Meigs County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Vinton County
- Washington County
- Wood 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 Goose Run, 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Goose Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |