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 Hampton Woods (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 Hampton Woods. 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 northwest 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 north.
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 north 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.
Hampton Woods is located in Clark 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 Clark County: Champaign, Greene, Madison, Miami & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near Hampton Woods. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hampton Woods:
- Clark County (The home county of Hampton Woods)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton Woods, with the one closest to Hampton Woods listed first.
- North Hampton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Dodo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Lawrenceville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Dialton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Donnelsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Eagle City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Limestone City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- New Carlisle
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Tremont City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Enon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton Woods, with the one closest to Hampton Woods listed first.
- Christiansburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Westville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Millerstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Urbana
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Powhattan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Carysville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Kingscreek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Mutual
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Mechanicsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mingo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton Woods, with the one closest to Hampton Woods listed first.
- New Burlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- Port William
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton Woods, with the one closest to Hampton Woods listed first.
- Pitsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gettysburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Gordon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton Woods, with the one closest to Hampton Woods listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Octa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton Woods, with the one closest to Hampton Woods listed first.
- Fairborn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Yellow Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Clifton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beavercreek
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Trebein
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- 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
- Wilberforce
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Xenia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Grape Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- New Jasper
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Shawnee Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton Woods, with the one closest to Hampton Woods listed first.
- West Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- De Graff
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Logansville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Valley Hi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Iron City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Bellefontaine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Middleburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Zanesfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton Woods, with the one closest to Hampton Woods listed first.
- Choctaw Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Summerford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- South Solon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- London
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Plumwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Midway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chuckery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton Woods, with the one closest to Hampton Woods listed first.
- Alcony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Casstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Conover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Tipp City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Fletcher
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Troy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kessler
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Piqua
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Milton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ludlow Falls
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton Woods, with the one closest to Hampton Woods listed first.
- Sulphur Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Huber Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Hooks Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Vandalia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Northridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Shiloh
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Riverdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Dayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Englewood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fort McKinley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fort McKinley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McKinley
- Preble County
- Verona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton Woods, with the one closest to Hampton Woods listed first.
- Riverside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Pasco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Lockington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Sidney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Port Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hardin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Maplewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Dawson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Russia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Union County
- Milford Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hampton Woods, see our County-by-County Page for Hampton Woods.
Cemeteries Near Hampton Woods ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hampton Woods.
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 Hampton Woods - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hampton Woods covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hampton Woods, with the one closest to Hampton Woods listed first.
- Myers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ream Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Flick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Asbury Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Liberty Pilgrim Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sims Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mammal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Donnelsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Donnelsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Callison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (544 more) ...
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blacks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Hampton Woods in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hampton Woods.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hampton Woods, with the one closest to Hampton Woods listed first.
- North Hampton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Dodo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Lawrenceville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Dialton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Donnelsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- New Carlisle
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Forgy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Forgy is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forgy
- Mad River
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mad River is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mad River
- Durbin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Durbin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Eagle City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Terre Haute
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Terre Haute is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Haute
- Tremont City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Christiansburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alcony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Medway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hampton Woods. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hampton Woods.
Newspapers Published in Hampton Woods ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hampton Woods.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hampton Woods, 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 Hampton Woods.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Hampton Woods:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Clinton County
- Darke County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby 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 Hampton Woods, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hampton Woods) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |