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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Hennessey. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hennessey to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hennessey, please Contact Us.
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 Hennessey (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 Hennessey. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Hennessey is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Hennessey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hennessey:
- Clark County (The home county of Hennessey)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hennessey, with the one closest to Hennessey listed first.
- Enon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hedges
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hedges is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hedges
- Green Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Limestone City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- Shawnee Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shawnee Acres is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Acres
- Holiday Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Kenwood Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Donnelsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Cortsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cortsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville
- Crystal Lakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Greenlawn Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Park Layne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hennessey, with the one closest to Hennessey listed first.
- Powhattan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Christiansburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Saint Paris
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Urbana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mutual
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Millerstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Mechanicsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kingscreek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Carysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Mingo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock
(30 miles [48.3 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 Hennessey, with the one closest to Hennessey listed first.
- New Burlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- Port William
(19 miles [30.6 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
- North Kingman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- Clinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Wilmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sabina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lees Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hennessey, with the one closest to Hennessey listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Octa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Milledgeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Hagler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Yatesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Bloomingburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Washington Court House
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hennessey, with the one closest to Hennessey listed first.
- Yellow Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Clifton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilberforce
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fairborn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pinewood Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Xenia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Trebein
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- New Jasper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Beavercreek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shawnee Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- Grape Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Jamestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Logan County
- West Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hennessey, with the one closest to Hennessey listed first.
- South Solon
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Summerford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Midway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Choctaw Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- London
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Range
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Chrisman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Plumwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Gillivan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hennessey, with the one closest to Hennessey listed first.
- Alcony
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Tipp City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ginghamsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Casstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Conover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Troy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Kessler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- West Milton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ludlow Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Garland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Piqua
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hennessey, with the one closest to Hennessey listed first.
- Huber Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Riverside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hooks Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Oakwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,919 people
- Dayton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Northridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Riverdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Vandalia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kettering
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Centerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shelby County
- Riverside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hennessey, with the one closest to Hennessey listed first.
- Harveysburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Harveysburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Corwin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Waynesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Kenricksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kenricksville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville
- Springboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Lion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red Lion is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
- Williams County
- Franklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hennessey, see our County-by-County Page for Hennessey.
Cemeteries Near Hennessey ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hennessey.
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 Hennessey - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hennessey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hennessey, with the one closest to Hennessey listed first.
- Bethel Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Pauls Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Glen Forest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- McClellan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Emery Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mud Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Enon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tecumseh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Byron Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (517 more) ...
- Massies Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massies Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Massies Creek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<4> to the west of Cedarville.
- The Massies Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tarbox Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188897 <3>
- North Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pitchin Methodist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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.
Hennessey itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hennessey, with the one closest to Hennessey listed first.
- Hustead
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hustead is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustead
- Yellow Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Clifton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Enon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beatty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beatty is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty
- Mad River
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mad River is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mad River
- Durbin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Durbin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Byron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Byron is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Cedarville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pitchin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pitchin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitchin
- Oldtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oldtown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldtown
- Wilberforce
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Donnelsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Medway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hennessey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hennessey.
Newspapers Published in Hennessey ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hennessey.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hennessey, 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 Hennessey.
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 Hennessey:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Clinton County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Shelby County
- Warren County
- Williams County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Hennessey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Hennessey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |