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 Greer (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 Greer. 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 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.
Greer is located in Knox 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 Knox County: Coshocton, Delaware, Holmes, Licking, Morrow & Richland.
Below are the counties that are near Greer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greer:
- Knox County (The home county of Greer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greer, with the one closest to Greer listed first.
- Gann
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Jelloway
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Buckeye City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nunda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Nunda is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Millwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Amity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- North Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- North Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Esto ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Pipesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greer, with the one closest to Greer listed first.
- Loudonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Perrysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- McKay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Hayesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Jeromesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mifflin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Rowsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Ashland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Redhaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Polk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Bailey Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greer, with the one closest to Greer listed first.
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Walhonding
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Layland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Nellie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Metham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Mohawk Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- New Guilford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Warsaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Bedford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Cooperdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- New Bedford
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greer, with the one closest to Greer listed first.
- Glenmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nashville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Stillwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Miley Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Killbuck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Millersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Holmesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Benton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Berlin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Charm
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Hope
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Farmerstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greer, with the one closest to Greer listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Long Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Former names for Long Run:
- Colville
- Oberlin
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Utica
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Reform
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Saint Louisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Newton Mills ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newton Mills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Mills
- Wilkins Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wilkins Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins Run
- Chatham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chatham is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greer, with the one closest to Greer listed first.
- Chesterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sparta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Blooming Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Bloomfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greer, with the one closest to Greer listed first.
- Frazeysburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Trinway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Black Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Dresden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Shannon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greer, with the one closest to Greer listed first.
- Newville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Butler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lucas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bellville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <1>
- Hanley Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
- Lexington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mansfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Alta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Olivesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Ontario
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maybee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greer, with the one closest to Greer listed first.
- Baltic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shanesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Barrs Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greer, with the one closest to Greer listed first.
- Shreve
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Funk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- Millbrook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Moreland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Fredericksburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- New Pittsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- New Pittsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Wooster
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Apple Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lattasburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lattasburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattasburg
- Devil Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
- Boys Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greer, see our County-by-County Page for Greer.
Cemeteries Near Greer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greer.
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 Greer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greer, with the one closest to Greer listed first.
- Harding Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kaylor Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brinkhaven Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Banbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banbury Cemetery
- The Banbury Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rice Cemetery
- Barnes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shadley Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- North Bend Church of the Brethren Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bucy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jelloway Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (605 more) ...
- St. Luke Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Luke Cemetery
- The St. Luke Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Lukes Cemetery
- Workman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- McKee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee Cemetery
- The McKee Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hawn Cemetery
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.<2>
While we didn't find Greer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greer.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greer, with the one closest to Greer listed first.
- Gann
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Jelloway
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Danville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buckeye City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Nashville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Loudonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stillwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Millwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Welcome
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Welcome is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Howard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Perrysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- North Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- North Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Monroe Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe Mills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Mills
- Walhonding
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greer.
Newspapers Published in Greer ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greer, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greer.
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 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 Greer:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Knox County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Coshocton County
- Holmes County
- Licking County
- Morrow County
- Muskingum County
- Richland County
- Tuscarawas County
- Wayne 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> | 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 Greer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |