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 Groveport (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 Groveport. 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.
Groveport is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Delaware, Fairfield, Licking, Madison, Pickaway & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Groveport. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Groveport:
- Franklin County (The home county of Groveport)
- The following are listed by their distance from Groveport, with the one closest to Groveport listed first.
- Blacklick Estates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Edgewater Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Zimmer ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zimmer is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmer
- Bright ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Edward ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Brice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Muhks Corners ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Muhks Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muhks Corners
- Canal Winchester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Obetz
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Truro ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Truro is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
- Sharp ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sharp is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Valley Crossing ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Valley Crossing is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Crossing
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Groveport, with the one closest to Groveport listed first.
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 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
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Harlem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Center Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Africa ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Orange Station ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Orange Station is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Station
- Victory Camp ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Victory Camp is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Camp
- Green ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Williamsville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Williamsville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Powell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Groveport, with the one closest to Groveport listed first.
- Lithopolis
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pickerington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jefferson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Carroll
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Baltimore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Amanda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Millersport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Thurston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Stoutsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lancaster
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette County
- Cook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Groveport, with the one closest to Groveport listed first.
- Rockbridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Laurelville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Gibisonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Groveport, with the one closest to Groveport listed first.
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Centerburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Groveport, with the one closest to Groveport listed first.
- Summit Station
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Etna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pataskala
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Beech ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beech is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Beechwood Trails
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Ash ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Outville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Scott's Corners ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Scott's Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott's Corners
- Alexandria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buckeye Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hebron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Groveport, with the one closest to Groveport listed first.
- Jefferson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Mount Sterling
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Amity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Gillivan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Plain City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chrisman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- London
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Plumwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Range
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Groveport, with the one closest to Groveport listed first.
- Thornville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Avalon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Glenford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Carthon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Somerset
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Groveport, with the one closest to Groveport listed first.
- Saint Paul
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Duvall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Ashville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Commercial Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Bloomfield
(12 miles [19.3 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
- East Ringgold
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Matville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Orient
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Knollwood Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Darbyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Fox
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Circleville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Groveport, with the one closest to Groveport listed first.
- Yellowbud
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Kingston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Adelphi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clarksburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Groveport, with the one closest to Groveport listed first.
- Jerome
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- New California
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Unionville Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Groveport, see our County-by-County Page for Groveport.
Cemeteries Near Groveport ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Groveport.
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 Groveport - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Groveport covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Groveport, with the one closest to Groveport listed first.
- Hendren Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Groveport Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Asbury Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mennonite Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Truro Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rarey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Arlington Burial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hockman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Powell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Obetz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (568 more) ...
- Walton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Middletown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kramer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 Groveport had a population of 578 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Groveport had a population of 5,618 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Groveport, with the one closest to Groveport listed first.
- Zimmer ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zimmer is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmer
- Edward ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Canal Winchester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Truro ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Truro is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
- Valley Crossing ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Valley Crossing is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Crossing
- Reese
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Reese is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
- Lithopolis
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lockbourne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Doneys ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Doneys is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doneys
- Pickerington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Reynoldsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Shadeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shadeville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeville
- Slough
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Slough is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slough
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Big Walnut is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Groveport. See our List of 1890's Communities around Groveport.
Newspapers Published in Groveport ...
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 348 newspapers that have been published in the area around Groveport.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Groveport, 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 Groveport.
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 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 Groveport:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delaware County
- Fairfield County
- Fayette County
- Hocking County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Pickaway County
- Ross County
- Union 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 Groveport, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Groveport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |