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 Grayson (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 Grayson. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Grayson is located in Miami 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 Miami County: Champaign, Clark, Darke, Montgomery & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Grayson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grayson:
- Miami County (The home county of Grayson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grayson, with the one closest to Grayson listed first.
- Tipp City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alcony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Casstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Troy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ginghamsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Kessler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Fletcher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Ludlow Falls
(10 miles [16.1 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Conover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Piqua
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Auglaize County
- Minster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grayson, with the one closest to Grayson listed first.
- Christiansburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Paris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Millerstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Carysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Westville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Urbana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Powhattan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Kingscreek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Mutual
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Mingo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grayson, with the one closest to Grayson listed first.
- New Carlisle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dodo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Crystal Lakes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Park Layne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- North Hampton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Dialton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Donnelsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Green Meadows
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Holiday Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Lawrenceville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Enon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Limestone City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grayson, with the one closest to Grayson listed first.
- Pitsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gordon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Gettysburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Arcanum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ithaca
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Poplar Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Versailles
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Abbottsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Stelvideo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Castine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Frenchtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grayson, with the one closest to Grayson listed first.
- Fairborn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Beavercreek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Clifton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trebein
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Pinewood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Wilberforce
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Xenia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bellbrook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Spring Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Jasper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grayson, with the one closest to Grayson listed first.
- Quincy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- De Graff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- West Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grayson, with the one closest to Grayson listed first.
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Vandalia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Huber Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hooks Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Shiloh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Englewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Northview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Northridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Clayton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fort McKinley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fort McKinley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McKinley
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grayson, with the one closest to Grayson listed first.
- Verona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Euphemia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- West Alexandria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Manchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ingomar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Eldorado
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Eaton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grayson, with the one closest to Grayson listed first.
- Riverside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Lockington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Hardin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Pasco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Sidney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dawson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Russia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Port Jefferson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fort Laramie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Anna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Maplewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Filburns Island
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grayson, with the one closest to Grayson listed first.
- Five Points
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Kenricksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kenricksville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville
- Springboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grayson, see our County-by-County Page for Grayson.
Cemeteries Near Grayson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grayson.
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 Grayson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grayson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grayson, with the one closest to Grayson listed first.
- Kepper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Knoop Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hyattsville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Winters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kyle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- English Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saylor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Staunton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saunders Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (557 more) ...
- Casstown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Thomas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pearson 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Grayson had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grayson, with the one closest to Grayson listed first.
- Alcony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Casstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ginghamsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- West Charleston
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Charleston is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charleston
- Troy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Brandt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brandt is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandt
- New Carlisle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Christiansburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eldean
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eldean is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldean
- Kessler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Vandalia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dodo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Farrington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Farrington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Sulphur Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grayson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grayson.
Newspapers Published in Grayson ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grayson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grayson, 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 Grayson.
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 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 Grayson:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Miami County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Warren 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 Grayson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Grayson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |