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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Hills. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hills to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hills, 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 Hills (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 Hills. 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 Hills is historic, it would have been located within present day Pike 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 Pike County: Adams, Highland, Jackson, Ross & Scioto.
Below are the counties that are near Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hills:
- Pike County (The home county of Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills, with the one closest to Hills listed first.
- Peck
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Waverly City
(4 miles [6.4 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Village
- Glen Jean
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Jean is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Jean
- Piketon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jasper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Greggs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greggs is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggs
- Zahn's Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zahn's Corners is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zahn's Corners
- Zahn's Corners has also been known as:
- Zann's Corners
- Riverdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Riverdale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Sargents
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sargents is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents
- Latham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills, with the one closest to Hills listed first.
- Jaybird
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jaybird is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Locust Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Louden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Louden is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden
- Mineral Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Peebles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- May Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- May Hill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Hill
- Tranquility
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tranquility is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills, with the one closest to Hills listed first.
- Barretts Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Sinking Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sinking Spring is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Greenfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Petersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Turkey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Turkey is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Elmville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Elmville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmville
- Marshall
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Marshall is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- North Uniontown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- North Uniontown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uniontown
- East Monroe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Berrysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Berrysville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrysville
- Bridges
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Leesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills, with the one closest to Hills listed first.
- Apple
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Laurelville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Bloomingville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills, with the one closest to Hills listed first.
- Limerick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Limerick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Glade
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Ray
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Former names for Ray:
- Rays
- Raysville
- Coalton
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Altoona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Altoona is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Petrea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Petrea is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrea
- Glen Roy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Glen Roy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
- Wellston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Banner ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Banner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Pattonsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pattonsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pattonsville
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills, with the one closest to Hills listed first.
- Elmwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Logan Elm Village
(27 miles [43.5 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 north)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Williamsport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Huntsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- New Holland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tarlton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Circleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills, with the one closest to Hills listed first.
- Alma
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Alma is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Summithill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Summithill is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summithill
- Nipgen
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Nipgen is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipgen
- Massieville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Massieville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massieville
- Knockemstiff ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Knockemstiff is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knockemstiff
- Deadman Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deadman Crossing is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadman Crossing
- Bourneville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- North Fork Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- Schooley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Schooley is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schooley
- Schooley has also been known as:
- Schooley Station
- Dills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Chillicothe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bainbridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Scioto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills, with the one closest to Hills listed first.
- Bear Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Lucasville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rarden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
- Arion
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Arion is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Otway
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Purdy Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Purdy Corners is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Corners
- Minford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lombardsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lombardsville is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombardsville
- Rosemount
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rosemount is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemount
- Harrison Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison Mills is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Mills
- West Portsmouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- West Portsmouth is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Portsmouth
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills, with the one closest to Hills listed first.
- Richland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Richland is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Hamden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stella
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Dundas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dundas is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- McArthur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Hills.
Cemeteries Near Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hills.
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 Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hills, with the one closest to Hills listed first.
- Ridgeway Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Denver Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver Cemetery
- The Denver Cemetery has also been known as:
- Asbury Chapel Cemetery
- Denver Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
- Denver Pentecostal Church Cemetery
- Gladstone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Old German #1 Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Moats Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Barnes #2 Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cook Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Alma.
- The Cook Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gibson Cemetery
- Blands Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cousins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pfeifer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Seelig Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Howard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (672 more) ...
- St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
- The St. Francis Xavier Cemetery has also been known as:
- DeSale Cemetery
- Old Catholic Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flee Cemetery
- The Flee Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clark Cemetery
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.
While we didn't find Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hills, with the one closest to Hills listed first.
- Denver
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Denver is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Alma
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Alma is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Buchanan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Buchanan is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Waverly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Daleyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Daleyville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleyville
- Glen Jean
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Jean is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Jean
- Harris
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Harris is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Nipgen
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Nipgen is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipgen
- Antonis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Antonis is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonis
- Newingburg ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newingburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newingburg
- Piketon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Omega
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Omega is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Idaho
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jasper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Three Locks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Three Locks is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Locks
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hills.
Newspapers Published in Hills ...
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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hills, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hills.
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 Hills:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Highland County
- Hocking County
- Jackson County
- Pickaway County
- Ross County
- Scioto County
- Vinton 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 Hills, 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> | 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- Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |