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 Harris (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 Harris. 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.
Harris is located in Ross 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 Ross County: Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Pickaway, Pike & Vinton.
Below are the counties that are near Harris. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Harris:
- Ross County (The home county of Harris)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Summithill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Summithill is located in Ross County
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- Nipgen
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Nipgen is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipgen
- Knockemstiff ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Knockemstiff is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knockemstiff
- Bourneville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Dills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Bainbridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Alma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Alma is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Massieville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Massieville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massieville
- Lattaville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Musselman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- North Fork Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- Humboldt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Humboldt is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Chillicothe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Jaybird
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jaybird is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Locust Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Louden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Louden is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden
- Peebles
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- May Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- May Hill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Hill
- Mineral Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Tranquility
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tranquility is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
- Buck Run ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buck Run is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run
- Seaman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dunkinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dunkinsville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkinsville
- Harshasville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harshasville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshasville
- Unity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Unity is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Wheat Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wheat Ridge is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Ridge
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Memphis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Lees Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- New Vienna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Washington Court House
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Washington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Bloomingburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Barretts Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Greenfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sinking Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sinking Spring is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- New Petersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
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- Turkey
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Marshall
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Marshall is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Elmville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Elmville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmville
- North Uniontown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Uniontown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uniontown
- East Monroe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Bridges
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Berrysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Berrysville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrysville
- Leesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Folsom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Folsom is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Apple
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Laurelville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Limerick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Limerick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Glade
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Glade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Ray
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Former names for Ray:
- Rays
- Raysville
- Coalton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Coalton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Jackson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Altoona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Altoona is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Glen Roy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Glen Roy is located in Jackson County
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- Petrea
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Petrea is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrea
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Elmwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- New Holland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Williamsport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Logan Elm Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Thacher
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
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- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Grange Hall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Circleville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Huntsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Fox
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Pherson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
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- Knollwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Tarlton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Peck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Spellman Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spellman Crossing is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spellman Crossing
- Latham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bristol Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Village
- Waverly City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly City
- Estimated population in 2011: 4,395 people
- Waverly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Jean
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Jean is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Jean
- Newfain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newfain is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfain
- Cynthiana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cynthiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthiana
- Jasper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Piketon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greggs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greggs is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggs
- Poplar Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Scioto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Bear Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Rarden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Youngs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Youngs is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
- Lucasville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Otway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Arion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Arion is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Lombardsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lombardsville is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombardsville
- Minford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Purdy Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Purdy Corners is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Corners
- Rosemount
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rosemount is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemount
- Vinton County
- Richland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Richland is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Harris, see our County-by-County Page for Harris.
Cemeteries Near Harris ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harris.
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 Harris - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Harris covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Roberts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fels Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Klutz Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Storms Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Tuvell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Barnett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pennisten Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennisten Cemetery
- The Pennisten Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pennistan Cemetery
- Penniston Cemetery
- Flee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flee Cemetery
- The Flee Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clark Cemetery
- Shoults Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoults Cemetery
- The Shoults Cemetery has also been known as:
- Schultz Cemetery
- Shultz Cemetery
- Baum Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (657 more) ...
- Summers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Auburn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cousins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Harris had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Nipgen
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Nipgen is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipgen
- Storms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Storms is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storms
- Bourneville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Buchanan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Buchanan is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Denver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Denver is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Newingburg ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newingburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newingburg
- Dills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Morgantown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morgantown is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgantown
- Bainbridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Idaho
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Daleyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Daleyville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleyville
- Alma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Alma is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Latham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lattaville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Musselman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Harris. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harris.
Newspapers Published in Harris ...
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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harris.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harris, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harris.
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 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 Harris:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Ross County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Clinton County
- Fayette County
- Highland County
- Hocking County
- Jackson County
- Pickaway County
- Pike County
- Scioto County
- Vinton 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 Harris, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Harris) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |