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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Gray. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Gray to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gray, 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 Gray (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 Gray. 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 Gray is historic, it would have been located within present day Pickaway 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 Pickaway County: Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Hocking, Madison & Ross.
Below are the counties that are near Gray. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gray:
- Pickaway County (The home county of Gray)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray, with the one closest to Gray listed first.
- Duvall
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Saint Paul
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Ashville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- South Bloomfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Commercial Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fox
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- East Ringgold
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Matville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Darbyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Knollwood Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Circleville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pherson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Orient
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray, with the one closest to Gray listed first.
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Harlem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Powell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Africa ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Africa is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Africa has also been known as:
- East Orange
- Center Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Orange Station ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Orange Station is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Station
- Shawnee Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Victory Camp ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Victory Camp is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Camp
- Williamsville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Williamsville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray, with the one closest to Gray listed first.
- Lithopolis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Jefferson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Stoutsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Amanda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pickerington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Baltimore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lancaster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Thurston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray, with the one closest to Gray listed first.
- Cook
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Bloomingburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Washington Court House
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Washington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray, with the one closest to Gray listed first.
- Lockbourne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Zuber ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Zuber is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuber
- Sharp ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sharp is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Bright ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Obetz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ridpath ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ridpath is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridpath
- Edward ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Valley Crossing ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Valley Crossing is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Crossing
- Groveport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grove City Country Club
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Canal Winchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grove City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray, with the one closest to Gray listed first.
- Laurelville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Rockbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Apple
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Gibisonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- South Bloomingville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray, with the one closest to Gray listed first.
- Etna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
- Pataskala
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Beech ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beech is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Beechwood Trails
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Outville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Ash ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Buckeye Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alexandria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Scott's Corners ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scott's Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott's Corners
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray, with the one closest to Gray listed first.
- Mount Sterling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Jefferson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Chrisman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Range
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Gillivan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Amity
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- London
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Midway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Plain City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plumwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Summerford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray, with the one closest to Gray listed first.
- Avalon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Thornville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray, with the one closest to Gray listed first.
- Yellowbud
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Kingston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Clarksburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Andersonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Adelphi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Austin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Frankfort
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Riton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton
- Roxabell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- Chillicothe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Musselman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- North Fork Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- Lattaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Union County
- Jerome
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gray, see our County-by-County Page for Gray.
Cemeteries Near Gray ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gray.
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 Gray - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gray covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gray, with the one closest to Gray listed first.
- A.R. Duvall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ashville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- James Borrer Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Harrison Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Herman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hoover Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison Twp. Cholera Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Twp. Cholera Cemetery
- The Harrison Twp. Cholera Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cholera Cemetery
- Helen Harold & Paul Peters Cemetery
- Paul Peters Farm Cemetery
- Caldwell Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fernwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Press Peters Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (557 more) ...
- Reber Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Conklin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Gray in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gray.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gray, with the one closest to Gray listed first.
- Duvall
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Ashville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Saint Paul
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- South Bloomfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Nebraska ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nebraska is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- Lockbourne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Commercial Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shadeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shadeville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeville
- Walnut
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Fox
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- East Ringgold
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Marcy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Marcy is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Matville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Darbyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Lithopolis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gray. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gray.
Newspapers Published in Gray ...
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 336 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gray.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gray, 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 Gray.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Gray:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Pickaway County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delaware County
- Fairfield County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Ross County
- Union 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 Gray, 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' (or 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- Gray) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |