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 Hartwood (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 Hartwood. 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 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.
Hartwood is located in Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas County: Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes, Stark & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Hartwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hartwood:
- Tuscarawas County (The home county of Hartwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartwood, with the one closest to Hartwood listed first.
- Gilmore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Bernice
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Port Washington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Peoli
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Wolf
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Gnadenhutten
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Postboy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Newcomerstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Chester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Chester is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Stillwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stillwater is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Tuscarawas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarawas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
- Stone Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dennison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartwood, with the one closest to Hartwood listed first.
- Holloway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Hendrysburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Rock Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Flushing
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Barnesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Morristown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Morristown is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Lafferty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lafferty is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafferty
- Bethesda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oco is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oco
- Bannock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loomis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Loomis is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loomis
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartwood, with the one closest to Hartwood listed first.
- Leesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Sherrodsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Queensboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Leavittsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Dellroy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Valleyview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Carrollton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Harrisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartwood, with the one closest to Hartwood listed first.
- Plainfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fresno
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- West Lafayette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Chili
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- New Bedford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Canal Lewisville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Coshocton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Conesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Layland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Metham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Warsaw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cooperdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartwood, with the one closest to Hartwood listed first.
- Birmingham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Odell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Kimbolton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Birds Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Winterset
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Antrim
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Antrim is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
- Londonderry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Londonderry is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Brady ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Clio ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Oldham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Old Washington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Easton ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Easton is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartwood, with the one closest to Hartwood listed first.
- Freeport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Feed Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Station Fifteen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Smyrna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Deersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Tappan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Bowerston
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cassville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cassville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Conotton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Enfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Scio
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cadiz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartwood, with the one closest to Hartwood listed first.
- Farmerstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Hope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Benton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Millersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Killbuck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartwood, with the one closest to Hartwood listed first.
- New Concord
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Adamsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Norwich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rix Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Rock Cut
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Dresden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Trinway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartwood, with the one closest to Hartwood listed first.
- Kennonsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Mount Zion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Mud Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mud Run is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Batesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Batesville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Mount Ephraim
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartwood, with the one closest to Hartwood listed first.
- Beach City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- East Sparta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Magnolia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wilmot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Justus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Lake Sherman Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Waynesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brewster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Navarre
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wayne County
- Mount Eaton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hartwood, see our County-by-County Page for Hartwood.
Cemeteries Near Hartwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hartwood.
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 Hartwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hartwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hartwood, with the one closest to Hartwood listed first.
- Hartwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- River Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Centenary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Couts Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Port Washington Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43812 <2>
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Moravian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Centenary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Peoples Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Peoli Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (618 more) ...
- Old Peoli Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Peoli Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grove 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>
While we didn't find Hartwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hartwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hartwood, with the one closest to Hartwood listed first.
- Berwyn ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Berwyn is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Gilmore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Port Washington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Booth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Booth is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Peoli
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Lock Seventeen
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lock Seventeen is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Seventeen
- Wolf
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Postboy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rock is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Rush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rush is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Gnadenhutten
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newcomerstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Guernsey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Guernsey is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Odell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Kimbolton
(9 miles [14.5 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 Hartwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hartwood.
Newspapers Published in Hartwood ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hartwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hartwood, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hartwood.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Hartwood:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Tuscarawas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Carroll County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Stark 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> | 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 Hartwood, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hartwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |