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 High Hill (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 High Hill. 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 hospitals and 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.
High Hill is located in Muskingum 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 Muskingum County: Coshocton, Guernsey, Licking, Morgan, Noble & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near High Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to High Hill:
- Muskingum County (The home county of High Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from High Hill, with the one closest to High Hill listed first.
- Museville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- McDonald
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Rix Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- Blue Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Philo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Norwich
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Concord
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Buckeye
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Cannelville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- Pleasant Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Darlington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from High Hill, with the one closest to High Hill listed first.
- Hartleyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Glouster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Trimble
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from High Hill, with the one closest to High Hill listed first.
- Conesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Plainfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Coshocton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- West Lafayette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from High Hill, with the one closest to High Hill listed first.
- Cumberland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Claysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Bluebell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Pleasant City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Abledell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Buffalo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Byesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Cambridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Senecaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oldham
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Lore City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from High Hill, with the one closest to High Hill listed first.
- Murray City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from High Hill, with the one closest to High Hill listed first.
- Gratiot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Brownsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from High Hill, with the one closest to High Hill listed first.
- Stafford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stafford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Lewisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lewisville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from High Hill, with the one closest to High Hill listed first.
- Durant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Reinersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- McConnelsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Malta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hackney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Neelysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Deavertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Morganville
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Stockport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Westland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Todds
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Elliott Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from High Hill, with the one closest to High Hill listed first.
- Hoskinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Olive Green
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Belle Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Mount Zion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Caldwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sarahsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Ashton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ashton is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Mount Ephraim
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- Dungannon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dungannon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- South Olive
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- South Olive is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Olive
- Crooked Tree
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crooked Tree is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Tree
- Dexter City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dexter City is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from High Hill, with the one closest to High Hill listed first.
- Roseville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Crooksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- San Toy ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Clover Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Redfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Rendville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Corning
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rehoboth
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Congo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Congo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Mount Perry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- New Lexington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Drakes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Drakes is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes
- Tuscarawas County
- Postboy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from High Hill, with the one closest to High Hill listed first.
- Beverly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Luke Chute
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Chute
- Macksburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wolf Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Elba
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Lowell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Watertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Watertown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Warner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Warner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner
- Alden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alden is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
- Churchtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Churchtown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- 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
- Whipple
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Whipple is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipple
- Devola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Devola is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devola
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to High Hill, see our County-by-County Page for High Hill.
Cemeteries Near High Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of High Hill.
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 High Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for High Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from High Hill, with the one closest to High Hill listed first.
- Blue Rock Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- McNaughton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ark Springs Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lytlesburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brown African Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown African Methodist Cemetery
- The Brown African Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- African Methodist Church Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
- Rich Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Salt Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stone Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (602 more) ...
- Ruraldale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that High Hill had a population of 41 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from High Hill, with the one closest to High Hill listed first.
- Zeno
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zeno is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeno
- Museville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- Young Hickory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Young Hickory is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Hickory
- Coal Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coal Hill is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Saint Clair ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Clair is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Spratt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spratt is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spratt
- Freeland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Freeland is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland
- McDonald
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Cumberland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chandlersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gaysport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gaysport is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaysport
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rowland ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rowland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- Hunter ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hunter is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Rix Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- 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 High Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around High Hill.
Newspapers Published in High Hill ...
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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around High Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of High Hill, 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 High Hill.
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 High Hill:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Muskingum County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Monroe County
- Morgan 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 '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- High Hill) 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 High Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |