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 Helena (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 Helena. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Helena is located in Guernsey 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 Guernsey County: Belmont, Coshocton, Harrison, Muskingum, Noble & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Helena. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Helena:
- Guernsey County (The home county of Helena)
- The following are listed by their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Bluebell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Pleasant City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Claysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Buffalo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Byesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Cumberland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Abledell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Cambridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Senecaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lore City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Barnesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hendrysburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Bethesda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hunter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hunter is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Belmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Morristown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Morristown is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Holloway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Rock Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Plainfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Conesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- West Lafayette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Coshocton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fresno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Canal Lewisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Smyrna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Freeport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Lewisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Stafford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Stafford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Miltonsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Miltonsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Jerusalem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jerusalem is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Ozark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ozark is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
- Edwina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Edwina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Woodsfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wilson is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Graysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Graysville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Beallsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Beallsville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beallsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Coats
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coats is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Reinersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Hackney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Durant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- McConnelsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Neelysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Malta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Deavertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Stockport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Morganville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Todds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Westland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Rix Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- New Concord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Norwich
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- Museville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- McDonald
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Philo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Adamsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Wortley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Mount Zion
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Belle Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hoskinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Mount Ephraim
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- Sarahsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Kennonsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Mud Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mud Run is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Olive Green
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Caldwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sharon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Whigville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whigville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
- Ashton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ashton is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Roseville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Crooksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- San Toy ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- San Toy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Toy
- San Toy has also been known as:
- Santoy
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Postboy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Peoli
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Bernice
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Newcomerstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Chester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Chester is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Gilmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Port Washington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wolf
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Macksburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Elba
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Beverly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Luke Chute
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Chute
- Lower Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Salem is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Warner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Warner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner
- Lowell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Whipple
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Whipple is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipple
- Dalzell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dalzell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalzell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Helena, see our County-by-County Page for Helena.
Cemeteries Near Helena ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Helena.
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 Helena - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Helena covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Harmony Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Harmony Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the east of Claysville.
- The Harmony Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harmony Christian Church Cemetery
- Harmony Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2142715 <3>
- Bethel Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant City Protestant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old Hartford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bethel Methodist Protestant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Enon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (634 more) ...
- Old Cambridge Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Cambridge Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Cambridge Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the south of Cambridge.
- The Old Cambridge Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beech Grove Chapel Cemetery
- Cumberland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [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.<4>
While we didn't find Helena in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Helena.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Helena, with the one closest to Helena listed first.
- Bluebell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Claysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Glenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Buffalo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Byesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Zion
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Robins
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Robins is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robins
- Saint Clair ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Clair is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Hunter ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hunter is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Ava
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ava is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ava
- Cassell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cassell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Spratt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spratt is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spratt
- Cambridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rix Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Helena. See our List of 1890's Communities around Helena.
Newspapers Published in Helena ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Helena.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Helena, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Helena.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Helena:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Guernsey County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Coshocton County
- Harrison County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Perry County
- Tuscarawas County
- Washington 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Helena) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Helena, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |